

We need to be sure we don't fear helping the woman next to us for fear they will take our potential." We need an environment where we have a safe space. Nooyi also recalled a time when her sister was accepted to a prestigious school away from their hometown, but her mother threatened to fast to death, if she left without getting married first. But even in those days, her feminist father and grandfather didn't succumb to that pressure, sending her sister to college, and eventually her mum stopped fasting.įor Chopra, being raised by feminist parents shaped her into the person that she is. The 'Quantico' actress recounted an incident when being told that she wouldn't get married because she can't cook, she had her father step in and say that he would just send a cook with her when she decided to get married.

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