Mumbai: BBC’s Indian language service has announced the second season of "Humari Purakhin" (English: Our Ancestors), the exclusive show, featuring eight Indian female pioneers from marginalised and indigenous communities.  

The second season of eight episodes will be available in text and video with two new stories every Thursday and Friday over the next few weeks releasing on: BBC Hindi, BBC Gujarati, BBC Marathi, BBC Punjabi, BBC Tamil, BBC Telugu, and on social platforms. The show will also be available on BBC News, BBC Duniya (on NDTV), BBC Marathi, and BBC Telugu (on Jio).

This new season is a tribute to the trailblazing women reformists who fought for women's rights and liberation.

Speaking about the show, BBC head of Indian languages, Rupa Jha said, “The contribution of women in building a nation that is free from socio-cultural oppression and bringing the much-needed reforms has not been given as much space.  Each story is truly a tribute to those trailblazing women reformists who came from underprivileged communities of different parts/tribes of India and were warriors in all senses fighting for women’s rights and liberation."