But freedom, Geeta had once heard or read somewhere, is what a person does with what’s been done to her. Geeta used hers to start a business. It would never be a big business, that was a given, but it existed solely because of her talent and vision, which made her, according to the loan officer, an entrepreneur. All the French words in the world, however, didn’t cure the fact that she was only as successful as the men around her allowed her to be. As Samir was proving, a man didn’t even need to be your man to oppress you.
