Making their way into the male-dominant arena of bugle-players, the women officials of the Himachal Pradesh Police Department are breaking gender stereotypes as they undergo training to become ‘lady buglers’.
Three lady constables — Shivani, Shweta, and Neeshu — at the fifth Indian Reserve Battalion at Bassi are undergoing a basic bugler course at Himachal Pradesh Police Training College at Daroh in Kangra district.
“The State’s police department has started training the first female buglers in the history of the Himachal Pradesh Police force. More lady constables are showing interest and are expected to join. Soon the State of Himachal Pradesh will have lady buglers in the guard of honour and other ceremonies. Up till now, the playing of the bugle used to be a male-dominated craft,” Deputy Inspector General of Police Bimal Gupta said at the college on Wednesday.
