I think I always believed in myself. But, I have been a little less ambitious I feel. You know in India, it's a pride if you are working in a s\w company with good enough salary. Pple think that you achieved something great already but, it's nothing. It's nothing great to be proud of!

Girl child was never thought to Dream Big. She was always thought to finish her graduation and to get married. That is her agenda of Life. That is how a woman should be (at least in my family and i believe this happens in at least 50% of the families in India)

I think a little bit has changed but, there is a long way to go to be like developed nations. Women have always been over-protective. I remember and recollect so many instances where I was asked to put bindhi for a family function and I was threatened and teased for not putting bindhi. My brother used to call me Ms. Mary and things like that. I remember one of my dearest friends saying "whats wrong in being Ms. Mary?!" It sought of made me realized that yeah..how true!

I can't just name one. There were several of them like this.

---to be continued---