India's most powerful businesswomen

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Social conformity. Traditional family roles. Sounds like the US at the height of the feminist revolution in the early '70s.
But this is India today, a country where women are becoming more prominent. Not just in politics--the country's dominant political party, the National Congress Party, is, after all, headed by Sonia Gandhi, a woman who made Forbes ranking of the World's Most Powerful Women--but in big business, too.
In increasing numbers, women are fighting long-standing prejudices and are working their way to the top of companies or starting their own businesses.

• Indra Nooyi, world's 4th most powerful woman

However, women in India, a country that prides itself on being a traditional society, still face enormous pressure to conform to social mores. More often than not, the hurdle of conforming to traditional roles within families poses as much of a barrier to businesswomen in India as the still-too-thick glass ceiling at companies.

Full details : http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/01forbes1.htm

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Thanks for the info Sree