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Rinku Bhardwaj, a Business Growth & Excellence Coach expresses her views on Feminism.

When you have neckties on your mind, suddenly every man you see is wearing one. When the song that’s been in your head all day happens to play on the radio as you drive home from work…

I hit a major milestone today, and so Reena’s challenge this week jumps out at me.

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #180 is this:

Write about what milestones mean to you, ones already achieved, and the ones you would like to reach.

Write about a journey you can’t forget.

Post pictures or artwork relevant to the theme.

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I won’t keep you in suspense. I published a book. But that’s not the thing. The thing is, it’s a memoir of my mental illness and – for the first time – I’m publishing it under my own name.

Now now don’t fret; I’m not going to sully one of Reena’s awesome invitations to partake in a prompt…

Prachika Saxena, a top-level executive in a multinational hospitality chain, shares her journey –

I became a feminist, when I was not even aware of the term. At that stage, I felt a quest to feel equal, liberated, to grow and thrive at my will. I set out to challenge every single norm and expectations set by my parents, for doing what ‘girls from good families’ do.

Of course, my parents love me deeply, but subscribed to deep-rooted patriarchal notions that made life (read marriage) easy for me in future. Little did they realise that I was not the ‘archetypal subservient girl’, who would kowtow to things that did not appeal. I was labelled a rebel.

While all of this started at a very young age, I see women facing barriers and substandard treatment in board rooms, homes and society at large. While a woman strives to have her voice…

Who instigated the abandonment?
It’s an ugly question
manifests pretensions
both sides righteous…
blinded

When the rage subsides
faith will intervene
and acceptance –
a milestone
will springboard

recover, victims’
voices gaining clarity
intent amended
launching into love
once again.

(Love Cycles first appeared here May, 2018. Resubmitting it for Reena’s Xploration Challenge: milestones. Image my own.)

Who do you think is a Fiery Female? What does the term mean to you?

A fire-breathing dragon, a confident and assertive woman, someone who stands up for herself and others, someone who follows her pursues her goals quietly, but relentlessly?

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