The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 29, 2003

Confident, assertive and successful
"It all depends on how you conduct yourself. If you portray yourself as helpless, then you get treated that way. I strongly believe that if you are clear about your objectives and if your work speaks for itself, people look beyond gender." More

Job or career?
Women need to decide whether they want a job or a career. "You get a job to earn money and gain economic independence. You take up a career to pursue personal and professional goals." More

Double standards
A common complaint of working women is that their ideas are seldom taken into consideration, or worse, just plain dismissed. More

A young woman manager speaks
The big problem a woman faces is the possibility of shifting to her husband's home, which might be in another city and going through the hassle of starting all over again. More

Flying high ... on books
Replicating the legendary T.N. Shanbhag's Strand in Bangalore was not easy. But thanks to Vidya's people-plus personality and unconventional approach to book selling, the bookstore is a big success today. More

A hotelier at heart
"If you perform you can grow. You are trained to add on skills. Frankly, I wasn't even career-minded to begin with. I just enjoyed each day, and the years went by." More

Breaking new ground
Women have made inroads into traditional male bastions, along the way continuing to play the traditional role of homemaker, but it has not been easy. More