The Indian Air Force has launched a new campaign championing equality and challenging gender stereotypes.
A new video, titled Ladki Hoon Main (I am a Girl), takes aim at the notion that women aren't cut out to work in the air force.
"I am a girl. Of course, I'm scared of loud noises. And I hide from the sound of firecrackers," says a voice-over on the video, which has been viewed many thousands of times on YouTube.
"How can I bear the burden of a job? I'm a girl after all. From the ashes of my ambition I will give birth to a boy. On someone else's bravado, I will bat my eyelashes."
The video shows a woman going about her job as a fighter pilot, before ending with the line: "I am just a girl. A girl who's only supposed to be a homemaker is the girl who will now defend our homes."
In June 2016, the Indian Air Force inducted its first . At that time women comprised 2.5 per cent of the armed forces in India, working mostly in non-combat roles.
Neighbouring country Pakistan has about 20 female fighter pilots. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) began inducting women into combat roles in 2006.
