In the second chapter of The Sunday Standard Devi Awards, 20 women from Hyderabad and Telangana were honoured in Hyderabad. The Devis storied their journeys on stage. Namita Banka, who makes bio-loos, was told her work is dirty. Far away from the India of flyovers and aircraft, Thasleem Sultana runs an orphanage for physically challenged people of all ages in Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh. S Prasanna Sree has divised alphabets for over 18 tribal communities and Sunitha Krishnan, whose organisation Prajwala has saved more than 12,000 women from prostitution and still struggles for funds. At the age of 85, Suraiya Hassan trains a community of widows in textile craft. Great people make great events.