On Her Own Terms

I am delighted to be the guest editor of this special issue of Outlook Money, on a topic that is close to my heart – women entrepreneurship. This year’s International Women’s day theme—‘I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights’, is very relevant, and it is high time humankind recognised this and gave women what’s theirs. Isn’t it ironical that women are revered as Goddesses in prayer and acclaimed Shakti (power) but considered weaker in real life? I believe entrepreneurship is gender-neutral. Women entrepreneurship is not just about celebrating women in leadership—it’s about all women, whether they are CEOs or entrepreneurs, or managing their homes with love and care. Entrepreneurship by women has always been around. Just that it lacked public acknowledgment. For centuries, women have toiled in the fields, sold...