This spoke to me at so many levels…not my creation.. just read it this morning and wanted to share!! Cheers to all powerful women out there who are breaking the bias and emerging Stronger, Better and Truly Empowered!!

“If we must celebrate a day for women, let us celebrate freedom from stereotypes, from expectations, from idolisation, from sacrifice…

Stop congratulating women for being the secret behind a successful man… Start saluting them for being successful!

Stop saying the mother is sacred for all the sacrifices she makes…Try to reduce those sacrifices!

Stop telling women they are beautiful… Try telling them it’s not important to be beautiful!

Stop praising her roles as mother, wife, daughter, sister…Celebrate her as an individual, a person, independent of relationships.

Stop justifying her necessity to multi task…. Give her a chance not to!

Stop these constructs which are aimed at making her strive for an impossible balance… Let her be inadequate and happy!

Stop making her look at herself through a conveniently patriarchal viewpoint. Let her be imperfect, whimsical, irresponsible, boorish, lazy, fierce, opinionated, loud, flabby, ungroomed, adventurous, unpredictable, unprepared, impractical…

Be bold, be happy, be free, be You!

Happy Women’s Day!” Cheers to some of the powerful women who inspire me on this platform Sujona Chatterjee Suma Narayan Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles Trista Signe Ainsworth Ravyne Hawke Zaha Hyatt Mehak Siddiquei Lori Armstrong