Keypoints:
- Irani was speaking about ‘Women power in democracy’ at IIMC, Delhi.
- Irani gave an example of herself and pointed out that her ‘thinking,passion and aspiration’ helped her achieve her goals.
On Friday, Union Minister for Child development, Smriti Irani was having a conversation about women’s success centres only around the ones who are engaged in professional work. Irani was speaking about ‘Women power in Democracy’ at IIMC, Delhi.
“When we appreciate a successful woman who gets out of the house, we should not ignore a woman who chooses to stay at home on her own free will. Such women also have an important contribution to the development of the country,” said Irani. She also said that any talk on women power in democracy only emphasises women serving in Parliament overlooking all the others engaged in different fields, to which she said that they are contributors at the grassroots level.
Irani gave an example of herself and pointed out that her ‘thinking, passion, and aspiration’ helped her achieve her goals.
“I was raised in Gurugram, Haryana. At that time, if I had said that a girl born in a ‘tabela’ would cover the distance of 20km from Gurugram to Delhi in 40 years, people would have laughed at me. But I was confident that my thinking, passion, and aspiration could not stop a city boundary. I never saw the difficulties coming in the way as an obstacle. I saw this as a creative opportunity to find a solution,” she said.
Irani was delivering the ‘Friday Dialogue’ in IIMC, in the presence of director general Sanjay Dwivedi, students and the faculty. The address was a virtual interactive session where the minister also took questions.
