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we mothers who keep holding on to our perceived flaws, carrying them around as a basketful of regrets. Our children have (mostly) long forgotten, forgiven and moved on.
women have been labelled into doing things that restrict them, men too have been tightly boxed in by society into the role they have to play: that of the primary provider and protector of the family.
Life is indeed unfair, but it is pretty democratic in its unfairness. In some way or another, life will be unfair to everyone, whatever their colour, caste, creed or gender. So, let’s accept this fundamental reality and move on.
Adapt yourself to your reality—and then you will be able to mould reality to what you want.
Most wars are lost in our minds much before we have stepped out on the battlefield. PSST... In a choice between skill and great attitude, attitude always wins, hands down.
Pregnancy is not an illness, it’s a process of life. Don’t use it as an excuse to shirk your responsibilities at work.
The reason why women hesitate to ask for help is that they fear the loss of control it will entail over some important portion of their life.
While earning the love of your family is good, earning their respect is important too. Very often, that comes if you are an earning member of the family.
One of the not-so-nice things about being part of a couple is that your partner is always given the primary status, however successful you may be.
Solving basic problems, especially in the area of infrastructural support and safety for women, will be far more useful than reservations to ensure their advancement in the workplace.
educating the newer generations of males on treating women as equal partners and colleagues, with esteem and respect, should be the key agenda of all senior women today.
How you behave as a mother and a sister will impact a whole generation of men and, by association, the women they deal with.
