On my way to office, I heard this program on radio about the 100 most powerful women in the world. It was basically aimed at listing out the Indians that have made to the list. It was good to note that Indian women are amongst the top 100 in the world. There are infact 4 Indians in the list which includes Congress President Sonia Gandhi, CEO and Managing Director of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, Pepsico CEO, Indra Nooyi and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman of Biocon India.
But the exciting part was when the radio jockey put a question for the public to answer. The Question was to name the women that was in this list last year but could not make it this year. The hints that she gave led me to the conclusion that she was talking about Mayawati. Just for the records, Mayawati was ranked 59th last year. I was shocked to know that she has been a part of this elite list published by Forbes. This just goes to emphasize the effect that she had on India last year when she was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
You will agree with me when I say that it is not a piece of cake to get your name in that list. So the power and the authority of Congress President Sonia Gandhi could be imagined. She has moved 8 places ahead this year to finish at number 13 this year as compared to 21 last year.
It is good to note that the women in India are also getting acclaim for their work and that should help reduce the man-woman differences. It can also be looked with the concept that only 4 Indians out of the Billion could make it to the list, but as I said we should look at positives and move ahead. So let us hope that in the near future we have more names from India popping into that list. Though I am not pretty sure how far this near future is going to be. Let us just wait and watch.
But the exciting part was when the radio jockey put a question for the public to answer. The Question was to name the women that was in this list last year but could not make it this year. The hints that she gave led me to the conclusion that she was talking about Mayawati. Just for the records, Mayawati was ranked 59th last year. I was shocked to know that she has been a part of this elite list published by Forbes. This just goes to emphasize the effect that she had on India last year when she was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
You will agree with me when I say that it is not a piece of cake to get your name in that list. So the power and the authority of Congress President Sonia Gandhi could be imagined. She has moved 8 places ahead this year to finish at number 13 this year as compared to 21 last year.
It is good to note that the women in India are also getting acclaim for their work and that should help reduce the man-woman differences. It can also be looked with the concept that only 4 Indians out of the Billion could make it to the list, but as I said we should look at positives and move ahead. So let us hope that in the near future we have more names from India popping into that list. Though I am not pretty sure how far this near future is going to be. Let us just wait and watch.
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