My sense of identity...

This blog of mine is dedicated to womanhood as I get immense pleasure in recounting her achievements and keeping up the hope that I would achieve similar fame and status one day.

We have come a long way since the ages when purdah or sati system or the contemparary witchhunting practices of the west thrived in this world. Today, women in the developed and developing world are no longer confined to the 4 walls of a house and are getting smarter by the day by gaining knowledge about the world and events around them through media and social interactions. Stepping out of one's boundaries is no longer a taboo for today's woman and she's out on her own to explore her world. Women are performing various roles in their personal and professional lives with expertise. A big contributing factor in their success is that nature itself has gifted them with better endurance for stress and emotional pressures, and so on an average they can boast to have a better EQ as well which is a plus point in their managerial skills. Today's woman is educated, which manifests itself in education for the whole family, as an educated woman not only deftly handles the arduous task of imparting values to and educating her kids, but also participates in better decision making at homefront as well. Today's women are financially independent and carry greater awareness which empowers them and gives them a sense of identity of their own.

Today's women are faring equal to-and in some cases better than- men in every walk of life. They have made their presence felt not only in conventional fields such as engineers, doctors, accountants, lawyers but are taking up careers even in upcoming fields such as fashion designing, mass communication, politics etc. Breaking the glass ceiling, they are working neck to neck with men and leading their way through several challenges including conventional societal mindsets which act as bottlenecks. Be it Sonia Gandhi or Pratibha Patil in politics, or Chanda Kochhar and Naina Lal Kidwai in BFSI, or Barkha Dutt in journalism, or Indira Nooyi in retail; they are expertly performing their roles as the ace of many establishments.

Having said that, I take satisfaction in my case and aspire to be a big-shot myself one day.