Children's Day often makes you think about the future of today's children. Who will they grow up to be? What will they make of themselves? Will they make a difference and will they change the world?
As Sachin Tendulkar, India's greatest ever home born and bred idol, takes stand on the crease for the last time - you ought to wonder... Will there ever be another? And if not, who will today's children want to grow up and be?
One billion people. One idol. Not too many other contenders are a close second. And definitely none of the far contenders are women.
Between the politicians who are of negligible idolistic value but pioneers in idolisation (self or otherwise); actress's who can typically be admired for their ability to look amazing and dance really well; some sportspersons scattered and can be counted on half the fingers of one hand - the young girls of this country really have no one to look upto.
I actually believe that surprisingly enough, women in business form the greatest leadership and aspirational group we can possibly imagine. They have power, intellect, an understanding of real issues and real women. They don't care about valentines day, skimpy clothes, and related issues that usually concern women's groups. Then why are they so quiet and isolated from public eye?
There's a lack of glamour associated with great intellect. Maybe the solution is to create a red carpet night of India's power women, dress them in Dior and Valentino, post them onto the covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan - make it hot and cool to be powerful!! Make it glamorous to be in the boardroom. Make it ok for hardworking, smart, powerful women to be looked upto and admired by the candy flossed generation.
Hope Sachin makes a hundred tomorrow.
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