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It is easy for entrepreneurs to get wrapped up in day-to-day tasks and the always-urgent deadlines, but in business, it is essential to take a step back and evaluate your performance. This doesn’t mean that you detract time and energy from your work but rather you pause, take stock of your business path so far, so you can plan for the future.
This is where awards help. Awards can play an important role in helping you determine your position. Just filling in an application form makes you take a step back and see your business more clearly. You are able to gauge what an impartial observer might see of your business journey and course-correct or continue on the path of success.
The 5th Business Today-YES BANK SME Survey & Awards 2013 is one such award. It’s an excellent initiative taken by Yes Bank and Business Today which encourages and recognizes the efforts of budding entrepreneurs in India. The aim is to recognize India’s most promising, innovative and success-driven SMEs come together and salute the spirit of excellence and entrepreneurship. It will recognize and awards remarkably performing SMEs across diverse sectors with titles such as the Best CEO, Best SME, Social Responsibility, Innovation etc. Awards and such events are also a great networking platform to meet and interact with other small and medium entrepreneurs.
The SME sector in India has emerged to be the one of the most dynamic and vibrant sector of the economy, providing employment opportunities to a large percentage of work force and promoting economic stability in the country. With ‘Innovation’ as the battle cry, SMEs in India are run by and employ some of the brightest and creative minds. It’s time we salute them by recognizing their contributions. Given that women run many SMEs in India, it is especially important to also have women put themselves forward for such recognition.
Do you own a business that you would like to nominate or do you know of a truly innovative SME? Click here to discover more about the application procedure. The last date to apply is 7th March, so do get in your application in time.
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People say that women are the greatest enemies of women. I vehemently disagree. It is the patriarchal mindset that makes women believe in the wrong ideology.
The entire world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024. It should be a joyful day, but unfortunately, not all women are entitled to this privilege, as violence against women is at its peak. The experience of oppression pushes many women to choose freedom. As far as patriotism is concerned, feminism is not a cup of tea in this society.
What happens when a woman decides to stand up for herself? Does this world easily accept the decisions of women in this society? What inspires them to be free of the clutches of the oppression that women have faced for ages? Most of the time, women do not get the chance to decide for themselves. Their lives are always at the mercy of someone, which can be their parents, siblings, husband, or children.
In some cases, women do not feel the need to make any decisions. They are taught to obey the patriarchal system, which makes them believe that they are right. In my family, I was never taught to make decisions on my own. It was always my parents who bought dresses and all that I needed.
14 years after her last feature film Dhobi Ghat, storyteller extraordinaire comes up with her new film, Laapataa Ladies, a must watch.
*Some spoilers alert*
Every religion around the world dictates terms to women. The onus is always on women to be ‘modest’ and cover their faces and bodies so men can’t be “tempted”, rather than on men to keep their eyes where they belong and behave like civilized beings. So much so that even rape has been excused on the grounds of women eating chowmein or ‘men will be men’. I think the best Hindi movie retort to this unwanted advice on ‘akeli ladki khuli tijori ki tarah hoti hai’ (an alone woman is like an open jewellery box) came from Geet in Jab We Met – Kya aap gyan dene ke paise lete hain kyonki chillar nahin hain mere paas.
The premise of Laapataa Ladies is beautifully simple – two brides clad in the ghunghat that covers their identity get mixed up on a train. Within this Russian Doll, you get a comedy of errors, a story of getting lost, a commentary on patriarchy’s attitude towards women, a mystery, and a tale of finding oneself, all in one. Done with a mostly light touch that has you laughing and nodding along.
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