New York, Nov. 1 -- Special to The South Asian Times

Three South Asians and a Nepali group of nuns have been honored with Game Changer Awards by Asia Society.

Three other Asians received the awards last week at a function. For the first time, all the awardees were women.

The sixth annual Game Changer Awards for 2019 were given on October 24 to Chhaya Sharma (Indian), Sana Mir (Pakistani), Faiza Saeed (Pakistani-American), Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi (a UAE citizen), Yuriko Koike (Japanese), Jane Jie Sun (Chinese) and the Kung Fu Nuns of the Drupka lineage.

Chhaya Sharma, a detective in the Indian Police Service, had helped solve the high-profile "Nirbhaya" rape case in New Delhi 7 years ago. She was instrumental in apprehending the six cul...