@dreamurexe your biggest fan tbh. We know this love letter is two days overdue, but between deadlines at the office, the kids being sick and the in-laws, cousins, visitors in and out of the house, there just hasn’t been a good time to get too warm, fuzzy or sentimental. So here it is, a belated yet very public message from us working women of India: Happy Valentine’s Day. We love you… most of the time.
Yes, yes, we know Indians were not used to celebrating this strange holiday, but its sudden ubiquity (save the Shiv Sena) mirrors our own gains in the workforce. According to a study by ICICI Bank, women now make up 26% of the services sector. Yet, that same study found just 3% of management positions in the private sector filled by females. In the public sector, the number of women in senior positions inches up to less than 6%.
