Power Claim Game

She said the design would be a surprise. This morning as I opened the chat window in anticipation of the final product, for a second my boundless imagination went wild. Think about it, given a chance to creatively express,  how would you go about it?


My heart sank a bit at the sight of the familiar pattern on her arm. The tattoo read something related to 'love for freedom'.

Everybody seems to be talking about peace and freedom. But shouldn't freedom, like love and care be an inherent right of all individuals? It's the basis of existence. But we girls, often embroiled in our societal pressures find a need to express ourselves in such a manner. Actions speak louder than words and if those words happen to be on your skin, I wonder how much the world really cares.  The issues faced by women are far-reaching for us to trivialize them in this fashion.

How refreshing would it be to see some strong women, swank through their tattoos, about will power and strength 💪 

Lean-In!

https://leanin.org/book/

One of my favorite professors gifted me the Sheryl Sandberg's bestseller "Lean In". I hadn't heard about the book until then but instantaneously recognized the face on the cover.
The author, of course, is Harvard-educated, current COO of Facebook but the book is inspirational in more than one ways. I do not plan to review the book, rather I want to discuss how I personally felt about the ideas presented in the book.

For me, it was just an assurance that self-doubt comes, by default into the female DNA. It was good to see somebody articulate my everlasting feelings about the present day professional and personal worlds in general. After spending a few years in the software industry I found myself agreeing to most of the professional scenarios presented by the author.  Even in this century, strong, confident girls are attributed "bossy". A female being ambitious is still tantamount to being individualistic. I am not saying you will agree to every line in the book. But you will for sure find your share of take-aways from this read.

I have learnt my lessons the hard way. I now know that you are lucky if in this 'jungle-gym', opportunities are served to you on a platter. 'Leaving' before you actually leave is a blunder which often results due to societal pressures. Until now I felt most of it had to do with the Indian culture; but when a Harvard alumnus and one of the most powerful leading ladies of the world talks about facing similar issues, I realized these problems are more universal than I could fathom. If I knew these facts earlier, I would have dealt with numerous such situation differently.

I would highly recommend this book to everybody irrespective of the gender. If changes are to be brought in, it cannot be done by just 50% of the world. Lean-In!