Breaking Barriers by Krishnan Janaki

Breaking Barriers: Success Stories Of India's Leading Business Women is an inspiring read, containing real-life stories of women who've gone the extra mile to achieve their dreams.

Summary Of The Book

Breaking Barriers: Success Stories Of India's Leading Business Women is to enlighten and inspire a new generation of women to break the glass ceiling and aim for their goals. The women featured in the books have all managed to beat the odds and make it to the big leagues in their respective fields.

It talks about women entrepreneurs who gave up their comfortable jobs and lifestyles to set up their own business ventures. It even describes the situation in India for women leaders and the discrimination they faced on their way up. Some of the women featured are Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Kalpana Saroj, Zia Mody, Vandana Luthra, and others.

These women broke the norms of society and refused to give up on their goals. Breaking Barriers: Success Stories of India's Leading Business Women also reveals personal anecdotes from the lives of these women. It states how Shaheen Mistri was so keen on providing education for the less fortunate, that it drove her to start foundations such as Teach for India and Akanksha.

The book narrates success stories of women for a variety of sectors like education, real estate, biotechnology, e-commerce, and more, making a statement that women have indeed conquered every male bastion. The book states that society needs to change its views towards working women and that in turn will lead to changes in the corporate sector.

It states that the reason for the male-female ratio being skewed in offices is because women are not given sufficient choices. Many external factors like traditional dictates, family, and societal pressure, are considered before women make decisions. The book emphasizes that this should be tackled at the grassroot level.

Another interesting story about Kalpana Saroj is provided in the book as she overcame social stigma and become a leading Dalit businesswoman. Renuka Ramnath also find a place of pride in this book thanks to her endeavours that made her a private equity expert. The struggles, fears, anxieties, and eventual hard earned, yet, well deserved success of these women, are expertly chronicled in Breaking Barriers: Success Stories of India's Leading Business Women.

About Janaki Krishnan

Janaki Krishnan is a journalist, specialising in finance writing.

She has reported on various changes in the Indian economy and the new developments in the corporate sector. She has written on mergers, regulatory probes, company takeovers, and more.