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Lalana has over 19 years of experience in the areas of Operations and Leadership Development.
She currently works at Navgati as a facilitator and trainer, conducting leadership workshops.
Before joining Navgati, Lalana co-founded Printo, a retail business that started in 2006 with one store and today has 20 stores across India. As Director of Operations, she led a team of 160 people, and her work involved developing and training on customer-centric processes.
Prior to this, Lalana has worked in diverse industries and company formats, from her family business in Bombay to the multinational company, Xerox Ltd.
Lalana is an MBA from Nottingham University Business School (UK). She is also a Green Belt in Six Sigma and has been a guest lecturer at IIM-B and other business schools on the topic of entrepreneurship. She is a certified MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) practitioner and is currently under training to be a psychotherapist.
She serves on the board of two companies – Printo (mentioned above) and Cividep, an NGO that works in the space of labour rights and human rights. She is also a mentor with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs. Outside of work, Lalana enjoys playing the piano and writing fiction.
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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.
It is shameful that in today's world too, women are abused and even killed for giving birth to a girl, and the infant's life is also of no value.
Trigger Warning: This deals with domestic violence, suicide, and violence against women, and may be triggering to survivors.
I am so glad that the esteemed courts are now giving the much-required verdicts regarding certain ideologies that were not at all entertained earlier. I mean we all have studied this much biology at our school level and it is our duty (our generation) to educate our elders about it.
Why someone have to lose a life to bring such awareness to the society. Delhi High Court gave this judgement concerning a case that filed by the deceased daughter’s parents against her in-laws. She committed suicide as she was harassed and tortured for dowry and giving birth to two daughters.
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