Women's Day- Women in the Family

 I have so many women in the family that I may have lost count. Cousins, sister, daughters, wife and spouses of cousins, nieces.. you get the picture. Here are some of them, remembered again for Women's Day..

Womens' Day

 Continuing on the theme, I continue to meet a lot of women who are women of substance, to borrow a well-known phrase, from diverse fields, at work or on visits to various places- these include visiting faculty or guests who visit our institutions. I recently met a lady who lives in Lagos, and had attended a Harvard course -she's a consultant. By the way, she also met a classmate of mine there-Narayan Das.

A few women, like the founder of Bandhej, and the Dean of NIFT Delhi, I happened to meet at the NIFT event in Gandhinagar recently, where I shared the stage with them briefly. I similarly happened to meet Rama Bijapurkar who is from the Marketing Research industry, a few years ago when we shared the stage at an event in Jaipuria Institute at NOIDA, I believe.

Of course, there are a lot of non-celebrity colleagues who I enjoy meeting every now and then, and many students too. I met Ananya Nandi De from IMT recently, after 2010 maybe. She works in sourcing (for an MNC), which not many do, at least among women. Here she is, with Raka, her hubby.

In Bangalore, I met Pooja Varun after many years, and found she runs a Food Park. Also has started a new business. Chatted with Swati Sinha, who runs Neerya, an online seller of sarees and other garments. She was in a class of mine. Aditi Atre, who runs Rajasthani Rangrez, I haven't been able to meet in person. Remember awarding her a prize at IMT Nagpur though.

Divya Sharma, Divya Singh, are in radio anchoring and digital marketing, respectively. Shatakshi is into her own digital agency too. Shraddha Nigdikar, who I haven't met in a while, for a good reason. She was doing a Master's in Psychology. After her MBA, that is. 

There are also authors, like Khyati Jha, and budding authors, like Anushka Mishra. And poets, like Anuja Anand. And musicians like Shruti Sharma and Shweta Sinha. And people with great taste in dinners- like Tosha Dubey, Meghana Joshi, Abha Kulkarni. And those who are like pure sunshine- like Sheetal Garg and Shweta Kushal. And some who are just special for a variety of reasons- Prachi Jain, Anusha Soni for example. Some bankers like Ankita Joshi and Swati Jain-coincidentally, both from BoB.

And next gen. friends like Rimjhim Verma, who don't mind being friends with oldies. 

Women's Day Celebration at NMIMS

 Women's Day Celebration at NMIMS in pictures. March 8, 2022.

Women- The Finer Sex

After all the hype about the International Women’s Day has died out, maybe one can be a little more calm (!) and make a few observations about women, without getting stuck in stereotyping and unnecessary exaggeration. Hype is not needed, because, of all the good qualities embodied in a civilized society, most are found in women.

They are cleaner than men. A survey of men’s and women’s bachelor pads should be able to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt.

They are less violent than men. This is not to be mistaken for lack of courage to face adversity. Women in most societies face more adversity than men.

Maybe due to motherhood, but they are more giving or generous.

They are more graceful than men, both in dress and social etiquette, and more common-sensical, in general. Exceptions for the latter are usually in a shopping arena.

They are more capable of multi-tasking. An average man cannot handle more than one and a half tasks at one time. A woman possibly can do at least twice as many.