It is difficult to define the world ‘woman’ besides the obvious physical characteristics. Words like compassion, strength, independence, humility, grace, individuality all come to mind, which can be applied to anyone regardless of gender.

Womanhood is  knowing you deserve a seat at the table just as much as anyone else, and knowing that you are born equal.

As South Asian women, we continue to face the incorrect assumptions that there are certain things we can and can’t do, whether that is in our personal lives or professional lives 

It’s an exciting time to be a woman right now, new paths are being forged in the world of politics and policy, science and sport 

Being a woman is being a person; it means being me. I am a daughter, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a great grandmother, a friend. 

But as they say, yesterday’s home run doesn’t win today’s game. I am more interested in the future than the past.