Women's Day 2022

I WOULD GET UPSET, ANGRY (ABOUT THE STEREOTYPICAL QUESTIONS) AND I USED THAT ANGER TO FUEL MY PASSION AND AMBITION

IF I’M GOAL-ORIENTED, IT’S BECAUSE I’VE GROWN UP WATCHING MY MOTHER ACHIEVE IMPOSSIBLE FEATS DESPITE HER VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

PEOPLE, IN GENERAL, WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE VERY OFTEN SO GENUINELY BLINDED BY THEIR OWN BIASES

ZIA MODY RECALLS TWO FUNNY INCIDENTS:
ONE WAS WHEN SHE WAS A CORPORATE ASSOCIATE IN NEW YORK FOR LAW FIRM BAKER MCKENZIE, AND HAD GONE DOWN TO TEXAS FOR A DEAL WITH HER BOSS. AS SHE WALKED INTO THE ROOM, THE COUNTER PARTY SAID: "HI, MY DEAR, THE SECRETARIES SIT THERE," AND POINTED HER TO THE SUPPORT STAFF SECTION.
THE OTHER WAS WHEN SHE WAS ARGUING IN THE BOMBAY HIGH COURT. A SENIOR CLIENT SAW HER ARGUING, AND SAID WHO IS THIS LITTLE GIRL YOU PICKED TO FIGHT THIS CASE? FORTUNATELY, SHE SAYS SHE WON THAT CASE, AND DESPITE THOSE BIASED MOMENTS, IT ALL TURNED OUT WELL. "I AM SURE MANY WOMEN IN THIS GENERATION WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK THE GLASS CEILING AS WELL."

I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES – 'DON'T HIRE A WOMAN CFO SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY A WOMAN CEO'. BUT I WENT AHEAD AND HIRED ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AND BRIGHTEST WOMAN CFO’S AND GUESS WHAT, WE ARE INDIA’S LEADING FINTECH COMPANY TODAY WITH A WOMEN-MAJORITY MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL.