Dania Faruqui is a first year MBA student at IIM Indore. Prior to MBA, she has studied Chemical Engineering from MANIT, Bhopal. In her free time, she likes to read fiction novels and write blogs. You can follow her on : https://www.quora.com/profile/Dania-Faruqui
Aashisha Chakraborty is a student of MBA (IB) at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. A former software engineer, she has an eye for quirky details and breezes through life wearing a multi-coloured lens. She has freelanced for websites like Being Cyrus and her articles have appeared in The Hindu and The Times of India NIE. Having been published in a poetry compilation ‘Kaafiyana’ and anthologies like ‘Defiant Dreams’ and ‘Mock, Stalk and Quarrel’ by Readomania, she pens down her insights in the form of stories, verses and blog posts on her blog ‘Mind’s Bin’ (http://mindsbin.blogspot.com/).
This is the story of a girl with grit and determination, who would go on to fight the odds and come out victorious. She belongs to a small town in Rajasthan and till the end of her high school she was in a class of 7 students, 5 of them being guys. So the phrase “Girls are weaker than boys” was something she had never heard of as her friend circle was always of guys and she would ride along with her male mates on each and every prank they played, or any mischief they did. Shifting through Hindi and English medium schools did not alter her approach towards life. Her parents played a major role in strengthening her belief towards equality of both the genders and never to feel intimidated. Rishika proudly owes her determined and independent attitude towards life to her parents especially her father.
Akanksha Sharm has been born and brought up in Delhi. She graduated from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology with Computer Engineering degree. Her hobbies inlcude photography, reading and dancing.
Freedom is not concerned just with me but with each and every girl child of my village. I am Ankita Patel and I come from a village called Singharwa, near Ahmedabad. Pursuing my education had been a challenge since my school days. Due to lack of proper educational infrastructure at my village, I had to travel for 2 hours in a crowded bus, daily to reach my school during my 11th and 12th standard. After high school came college and this is when the entire village had taken it upon themselves to deny me the higher education I aspired to pursue. Several attempts to persuade my parents to prevent me from studying further were made by the village folk who always had so much to say like, “Who will marry your daughter once she’s educated?”, “Why spend so much on education when you use it for her marriage?”, “She will develop a big ego which will be detrimental to her marriage later on…”. But thankfully, my parents did not get swayed. They understood the importance of education and allowed me to go to college.
This woman’s day, a huge realisation struck me. My experiences and my endeavours to try to enter the corporate world have matured me a lot. I am no longer the twinkly-eyed girl that I used to be, but I have grown to be a much more confident woman. Of course, this is just the beginning of my journey, and there is never an end to it. But it has been beautiful however it has been, and it feels empowering to share these experiences.
Aastha Sneha Pathak is a 2nd-year student at IIM Lucknow. Besides living the hel(L)ish life, she loves to read. She is also a member of Forty Two, the literary and debating club on campus, as well as, Team Disha, the committee of placement mentors.
Walt Disney’s famous quote, ‘When you are curious, you find a lot of interesting things to do’, fits perfectly for Roshni Khatri! Being from a business family, she always had an interest in doing business. Her father has been a huge impact on her. She gives all the credit to him for helping her become the type of person she is today and also help shape her career goals.
Dania Faruqui is a first year MBA student at IIM Indore. Prior to MBA, she has studied Chemical Engineering from MANIT, Bhopal. In her free time, she likes to read fiction novels and write blogs. You can follow her on : https://www.quora.com/profile/Dania-Faruqui
Aashisha Chakraborty is a student of MBA (IB) at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. A former software engineer, she has an eye for quirky details and breezes through life wearing a multi-coloured lens. She has freelanced for websites like Being Cyrus and her articles have appeared in The Hindu and The Times of India NIE. Having been published in a poetry compilation ‘Kaafiyana’ and anthologies like ‘Defiant Dreams’ and ‘Mock, Stalk and Quarrel’ by Readomania, she pens down her insights in the form of stories, verses and blog posts on her blog ‘Mind’s Bin’ (http://mindsbin.blogspot.com/).
This is the story of a girl with grit and determination, who would go on to fight the odds and come out victorious. She belongs to a small town in Rajasthan and till the end of her high school she was in a class of 7 students, 5 of them being guys. So the phrase “Girls are weaker than boys” was something she had never heard of as her friend circle was always of guys and she would ride along with her male mates on each and every prank they played, or any mischief they did. Shifting through Hindi and English medium schools did not alter her approach towards life. Her parents played a major role in strengthening her belief towards equality of both the genders and never to feel intimidated. Rishika proudly owes her determined and independent attitude towards life to her parents especially her father.
Akanksha Sharm has been born and brought up in Delhi. She graduated from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology with Computer Engineering degree. Her hobbies inlcude photography, reading and dancing.
Freedom is not concerned just with me but with each and every girl child of my village. I am Ankita Patel and I come from a village called Singharwa, near Ahmedabad. Pursuing my education had been a challenge since my school days. Due to lack of proper educational infrastructure at my village, I had to travel for 2 hours in a crowded bus, daily to reach my school during my 11th and 12th standard. After high school came college and this is when the entire village had taken it upon themselves to deny me the higher education I aspired to pursue. Several attempts to persuade my parents to prevent me from studying further were made by the village folk who always had so much to say like, “Who will marry your daughter once she’s educated?”, “Why spend so much on education when you use it for her marriage?”, “She will develop a big ego which will be detrimental to her marriage later on…”. But thankfully, my parents did not get swayed. They understood the importance of education and allowed me to go to college.
This woman’s day, a huge realisation struck me. My experiences and my endeavours to try to enter the corporate world have matured me a lot. I am no longer the twinkly-eyed girl that I used to be, but I have grown to be a much more confident woman. Of course, this is just the beginning of my journey, and there is never an end to it. But it has been beautiful however it has been, and it feels empowering to share these experiences.
Aastha Sneha Pathak is a 2nd-year student at IIM Lucknow. Besides living the hel(L)ish life, she loves to read. She is also a member of Forty Two, the literary and debating club on campus, as well as, Team Disha, the committee of placement mentors.
Walt Disney’s famous quote, ‘When you are curious, you find a lot of interesting things to do’, fits perfectly for Roshni Khatri! Being from a business family, she always had an interest in doing business. Her father has been a huge impact on her. She gives all the credit to him for helping her become the type of person she is today and also help shape her career goals.
