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Kirthiga Reddy, Head and Director Online Operations of Facebook, India is a beacon of hope to Indian women in tech today.
Facebook has revolutionized social networking. Almost everyone is on Facebook now but how many of us know about the woman at the helm of Facebook’s India operations?
Ingrained social conditioning has resulted in Science & Technology careers being stereotyped as “men’s” professions, leading to skewed gender ratios and gender inequality in STEM. In such a scenario, it is heartening to note that the first employee that Facebook hired for its India office was Kirthiga Reddy.
Born and brought up in India, Kirthiga Reddy completed her graduation in India and went on to pursue her MBA from Stanford University as well as an M.S in computer engineering from Syracruse University. She has worked in several prestigious companies such as Motorola and Silicon Graphics – were she was the youngest director of engineering and the only woman at that level in her team.
When Facebook opened its India office in 2010, Kirthiga Reddy had to start from scratch. Over the course of 3 years, Facebook has witnessed a rapid growth in its user base in India along with impressive brand and business engagement.
Being a mother to two young girls, Kirthiga Reddy has perfected the art of work-life integration. With her passion for learning and the courage to take risks, Kirthiga Reddy is all set to take the tech world head on!
Why we find her inspiring:
– For being a role model to all women who aspire to make it big in the corporate world
– For aiming high and not letting her gender be an obstacle to achieving her dreams
*Photo source: LiveMint.
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The plight of Indian women's mental health often goes unnoticed. Co-founders Vivek Satya Mitram and Pooja Priyamvada conceived the idea of the Bharat Dialogues Women & Mental Health Summit to address this.
Trigger Warning: This contains descriptions of mental health trauma and suicide, and may be triggering for survivors.
Author’s note: The language and phraseology used are not the author’s words but the terms and narrative popularly used for people living with mental illnesses, and may feel non-inclusive. It is merely for putting our point across better.
I have seen how horrifying was the treatment given to those with mental illness.
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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