India, May 10 -- As the entire nation beams with pride watching Colonel Sofiya Qureshi brief the public on India's "Operation Sindoor" against Pakistan, one person's emotions run deeper than the rest - her twin sister, Dr Shyna Sunsara.

Col Qureshi and Sunsara were born into a military family in Gujarat's Vadodara. Sunsara beamed with pride as her sister led the Operation Sindoor briefing and told HT City how woman couldn't join the army back then and even then both the sisters wanted to do so. "Sofiya found a way: She'd say, I'll go through DRDO as a scientist to join the Army."

Shyna Sunsara also upholds the remarkable stature, similar to her twin sister Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, having several notable achievements to her name. She is a...