Originally posted by: visrom
That's not the issue...even girls who are smart, educated, employed in an MNC, independent are not allowed to enjoy their success and achievements.
This is a well known story of Indra Nooyi...it its supposed to be inspiring, but in a way it p****es me off.
INDRA NOOYI: No, I have said this story
many times. When I became the president,
at 10 o'clock in the night I went home and
said, 'Mom I have some very important
news'. To which she said 'leave that
important news, just go buy some milk'. To
which, I said, 'Raj is home, why don't you
ask him to buy the milk?' She said, 'he is
tired'. Typical mother you know, can't
disturb the son-in-law! I was very upset,
but I went and bought the milk and banged
it on the kitchen table in front of her and
said, 'Tell me, why do I have to buy the
milk and not somebody else.' She just
looked at me - and I will never forget it and
it was a powerful lesson she left in me and
said - 'look, when you pull into the garage,
leave the crown there. Don't walk in with it,
because you are first a wife and a mother.
And if the family needs milk, you go get the
milk. That is your primary role in life.
Everything else is what you acquired or
what you got because I pray for four to five
hours a day.' That is the only thing she tells
me. She says, 'what did you accomplish?
You sit in a meeting on a chair all the time,
and I pray for 4-5 hours.'
She also said that her stay-at-home mother
"encouraged us but held us back, told us
we could rule the country as long as we
kept the home fires burning," And that
every night at dinner her mother would
present a world problem to her and her
sister and have them compete to solve it as
if they were a President or Prime Minister.
Ms. Nooyi appreciates the support from
families, she says, because her career has
been tough on her own family. She
believes that for any woman, the people
one loves are the bedrock of success. "Build
around you a terrific ecosystem, preferably
with family," she advises. "But it's 'family'
defined every which way you want."
Anupamaa
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