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Says 25-year old Krutika Nair, “The con-temporary Indian woman is extremely inde-pendent, and capable of making her own de-cisions. Today, apart from handling house-hold chores, she is also capable of financiallyaiding her family.”

Currently based in Canada, Nair took loansto pursue a postgraduate programme in hos-pitality and tourism management at NiagaraCollege, Canada. She now works at FairmontChateau Lake Louise as a Guest ServicesAgent. While taking on sole responsibility topay her loans, she also regularly sends homemoney. Nair’s example only corroborates thefindings of a recent survey by Reuters. Ac-cording to this, women can manage moneybetter, and are more likely to strive harderthan men to become financially independent.

Jolene Simethy 26, moved to Dubai about ayear ago, only to pursue a career in travel andtourism. She says, “I’d been aspiring to be in-dependent for a long time. I moved to Dubai asI wanted to know myself better, as well asgain international exposure.” Ask her to de-scribe the modern day, Indian woman, andshe enumerates, “Open-minded, foresighted,decisive, independent, emotionally strongand unafraid of challenging societal norms.’’

More significantly, while both Nair andSimethy have relatives in Canada and Dubairespectively, they have opted to be independ-ent, living alone.

Also, unlike popular belief, security andstability are not major issues. Says Simethy,“I’m just taking one step at a time. As of now,I’m enjoying my life in Dubai, and have noplans of settling here forever. Let’s see whatthe future holds.”

Though career ranks high onthe list, it does not take prece-dence over their passion.Fatema Jaliwalla, 24, quit awell-paying job as a research an-alyst for an investment bankingfirm, to pursue her desire of be-coming a fashion designer. Shesays, “After one unsuccessful at-tempt, I managed to get into TheNational Institute of Design,Pune.” However, Jaliwalla doesnot fail to mention that she hadto secretly appear for the test atNID, as her parents thought itfoolish to quit a high-paying jobin a reputed firm, to pursue something en-tirely different.

This also highlights the fact that despitesuccess, today’s woman still looks for the ap-proval and support of her parents. Says 23-year old Tania Sachdev who holds the Inter-national Master and Woman Grandmaster ti-tles in chess, “Family is an integral part ofone’s life.’’

THE GLOOMY SIDEHowever, amidst all this positivity, it’s no se-cret that women are constantly eve-teased orexposed to physical abuse, simply becausethey do not conform to the behavioural stan-dards set by others. Only education can

change this regressive attitude. Concurs Jali-walla, “Education opens her mind to newthoughts, ideologies and mindsets. It providesher the knowledge, skill and courage to chal-

lenge existing notions andsystems.” Says Nisha Susan,who initiated the recentPink Chaddi Campaignagainst right wing activistswho beat up two collegegirls in Mangalore, “We stillhave to get our people to ac-cept the plurality of Indianculture. The Mangalore in-cident just demonstratesthat although certain trendsmay be popular among theyouth, some people fail toaccept it. Education shouldencourage people to acceptdiversity. The system shouldalso encourage youth, in-

cluding women, to question societal normsand take part in local governance.”Simethy, too, feels that though the modern-day girl has achieved great success in variousfields, she has still not been able to maximiseher potential. She says, “Women need to makethe most of their ability, and balance it withmaturity and a sense of responsibility. Also,there is still a huge population that is not apart of ‘Modern India’, and the problemsfaced by such women must be addressed im-mediately. Only then can the woman of mod-ern India be truly liberated.’’

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