Breaking Barriers: Success Stories of India's Leading Business Women

by Janaki Krishnan

Success Stories of Indias Leading Business Women Includes stories of: SHAHEEN MISTRI, VANDANA LUTHRA, RENUKA RAMNATH ZIA MODY, KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW and others The stories of ordinary women who went on to become extraordinary BREAKING BARRIERS is a book chronicling the lives of some prominent Indian women entrepreneurs, who have followed their dreams and fulfilled their ambitions. They refused to succumb to the pressures and established norms that society insists on imposing on women. This book has been written to encourage girls and women (and indeed anyone who aspires to do anything out of the ordinary) to know that they are the sole arbiters of their lives. They have the Power.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Ebooks

212 pages, Paperback

First published November 6, 2012

Reviews

[Sunil · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm totally in favour of women empowerment, and the stories written in this book are of inspiring women from the corporate India. But, what disappointed me is that the book is loosely written; it seems that the writer was compelled to put the pieces together.

The bad part is that the writer has put on glasses of gender discrimination and written on those lines. She didn't take into account the fact that these are stories of women who established themselves in the period of early seventies to late eighties - the taboos of that era no more exist in the society today. The modern women is confident, competent, and as good as, or even better than the men.

The book is filled with lots of unnecessary details and cliches. It reads more like diary entries of the protagonists (She was born in 1955, had three brothers and sisters, went to local school, did engineering......).

It would have been a far better read if the writer would have tried to work on other common threads between the stories say dedication, hard-work, right mindset etc, rather than gender discrimination.

[Arunmozhi · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Introduction started off with a lot questions about the gender bias the female gender in general faces about the ability to make choices. But the following chapters just told me stories of people. They were not even stories mostly career growth time-lines filled with corporate jargon. Why would anyone want to know of the marketing methodology or the drug situation in India when reading about corporate gender bias? I understand that certain details are necessary for the narrative, but that can't only be the content with the kind of questions asked in the Introduction.

It would have done some justice if the stories had any discussions and opinions and from the people featured rather than simple growth stories. The real issue which the book was supposed to tackle was just less than 10% of the content.

[Anuradha Goyal · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Aman Jain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Breaking Barriers is a must read for aspiring entrepreneurs and an eye opener for those who consider women to be less efficient than men in terms of their working efficiency. A book not on poster girls of successful career women who have reached the top like Indra Nooyi or Chandra Kocchar, but a book which gives an altogether different perspective talking about women entrepreneurs who gave up their well-paying jobs to start from scratch and make it big.

You can read the complete review by me on vaultofbooks.com by visiting http://vaultofbooks.com/bplus/review-breaking-barriers

[Kartik Singhal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice collection of biographies of women entrepreneurs from India. Even if we remove the gender related problems and bias these women faced, their stories are an inspiring read for any aspiring entrepreneur.

I was surprised to learn that some of these women are founders of well known organizations like VLCC and Teach for India.

[Architaa Chatterjee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great motivator for women who wonder "why me". Takes you through journey of one the best business women coming out of all the turmoils, struggle, abuse and situation and yet reaching where they want to. This will make you think that if they could, why not you?

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its about successful women in various areas. Its general account of women and their achievements. Some how this book is a quick read.