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  By Geetanjali Vikram Kirloskar As the sun rises today, it celebrates us, the women of New India. We are the architects of change, and the resilient embodiment of grace amidst chaos. Our presence resonates from boardrooms to classrooms, from bustling streets to serene villages. As Simone de Beauvoir wisely said, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,” and indeed, each dawn brings with it the opportunity to redefine and reaffirm our identity. Amidst the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, let us not forget the torchbearers of tomorrow – the 100 million Gen Z teens and tweens in India today. To them, I say, dream more, do more, and be more. Your energy, innovation, and fearlessness will shape the future of our nation and the world. I don’t believe in rebellion. Conflict doesn’t solve problems. It only aggravates the situation. Indian women have the strength to handle complex situations and social norms to march ahead. To balance and to lead with love and compassion....

In the Japanese work culture, you will find that they always under-commit but over-deliver.  They take a lot of time to make a decision. You always feel they're slow, and when you speak to people who've done work with Japan, they will tell you that you have to be very patient; they're very, very slow; they take ages to get back, but they're not sleeping over it. What they're doing is very meticulous, studying every aspect of the proposal, drawing up a list of the risks, then drawing up risk mitigation plans with alternatives, scenario A, B, C. So when they get into so much detail, when it comes to execution, we found that we were able to execute very fast and there was a lower error margin.  So when you decide in a bit of a hurry, and you've not taken every factor into account, and you're trying to meet a very strong deadline to prove to yourself, you find that the error margin in execution gets delayed. Excerpts from Geetanjali Vikram Kirloskar's talk a...

Blossoms of the breeze, India and Japan embrace cultural heartbeats. Trade winds from the east, India and Japan unite, economic feast.  India and Japan as societies have a lot in common and some synergistic differences. We are both Eastern, spiritually vital cultures.  We have both progressed over the past seven decades, one recovering from colonialism, the other from the devastation of World War II.  At the same time, we have differences that are complementary to each other. India is a young country with a demographic dividend to reap, while Japan's society is mature, wise, stable, and structured.  India's growing strength in new-age technologies complements Japan's leadership in automotive electronics.  Indian polity is boisterous and diverse, complementing Japan's structured serenity. No wonder an India-Japan partnership promises cultural heartbeats and an economic feast. Excerpts from Geetanjali Vikram Kirloskar's talk at IIM, Bangalore