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arrogant, But service delivery,persistence and experience sincerity, discipline and cheerfulness
commitment is something I picked up from her. Also, more, I have also seen/witnessing personal struggles
honesty and loyalty as virtues to be cherished. of certain colleagues and they do so without

My Wife: complaining and with a lot of dignity, I have learnt to
respect their contributions and achievements and
My wife hails from Mumbai and by profession is a
celebrate their victories and stand by in their struggles.
school teacher; she possesses certain virtues which I
am envious of, conscientiousness, spirit to struggle My Students:
and slug it out is another. Some of my female students have been a real joy to

She married me a decade ago and came to Pune, she interact and work with; one of my ex-students is now
was working earlier in Mumbai as a school teacher, working with a leading paint manufacturing
she had to quit the same, post the birth of our first company where she daily travels almost 55 kms to and
daughter, she decided to start working again, glad to fro from work & is still rocking it. Last year 80% of my
say she got into 2 schools all by herself, one after the admissions team was girls, we ended up achieving
other, then she again took a break for the birth of our 100% target in spite of difficulties. Their achievements
second child, she had a break of three years, now that while managing their academic obligations is still
our younger daughter is sufficiently grown, she has amazing.
picked up a job again, what is interesting is she had To summarise my experiences with the two ladies in
standing offers from her former organisations, with an my life& my wonderful female colleagues, I can say
increased pay also, still she picked up a better that Women are more organised,determined and
organisation to work with, I am totally floored by the perhaps flexible than men and if you have a strong
fact that she wants to take up a job and still be the home woman in the house/ workplace,you are likely to head
maker, she has a tough routine and yet she manages in the right direction than otherwise.
things with aplomb, I of course have to make a few Today’s Womaniya is a powerhouse of confidence,
adjustments but she is determined to make it work. ability, and determination with a pleasant smile all

My Colleagues: rolled into one. Cheers and more power to the
I am blessed to work in an environment where there EQUAL half.
are more female colleagues than male and here also I

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