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Writing about women achievers
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
IN QUEST OF EXCELLENCE: The Union Minister for Tourism, Renuka Chowdhury, releasing the book `The Voyage of Excellence' in the Capital.
NEW DELHI:
Nineteen-year-old Nischinta Amarnath has under her belt accomplishments that would take any other person a few grey hairs and some wrinkles to achieve. She along with her friend Debashish Ghosh with help from Pustak Mahal and Oxford Bookstore has published a book on India's 21 most powerful women business tycoons.
Probably the first such venture by Indian students, the book, according to the authors, is based on their personal interaction with leading businesswomen of India spanning diverse sectors.
The book highlights the diligent journey of these remarkable women as they surge forward in their quest for excellence to emerge as undisputed leaders in their professions. Some of the achievers featured in the book include Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Sulajja Firodia, Ekta Kapoor, Simone Tata and Shahnaz Hussain.
"The Voyage to Excellence is an important book today as it provides real life role models for thousands of Indian women who are looking to build a career and usually find very few women role models to turn to.
It is a book that tells us about the creation of wealth not just in the physical world but also in the hearts and minds of millions whose lives have been touched by few extraordinary women in their voyage to excellence,'' explained Nischinta, who after having her book launched in Delhi by the Union Tourism Minister, Renuka Chowdhury, gave the first copy to the former Police Adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General, Kiran Bedi, and is now all set for another release down South.
The book also contains invaluable lessons for corporates to adopt a women-centric approach. "A case in point is Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms which is dominated by women as also Shahnaz Hussain's empire. The venture provided us an opportunity to explore the spirit of some of the best global women business leaders of India today,'' said Nischinta, speaking about what the readers can expect from her book.
The duo is now working towards writing a fiction. "We are both students and the book had been written mainly during the night. And this time round we will not be able to put in the same amount of time,'' says Nischinta.
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