Get Inspired By These Fearless Women On Women's Day

International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on 8th March, is a celebration of women and their achievements in various domains. Women often have to face more challenges in the workplace and in the world in general. Even though the worldview is now slowly shifting towards a more positive space for women we still have a long way to go. For this edition of Women’s Day we spoke to some inspirational women from the capital and decided to spotlight their stories to encourage more women to stand up for their dreams. Read on to get motivated with the journey of these successful female icons some of whom have managed to excel in traditionally male dominated areas. We also wish our female readers a very Happy Women’s Day and hope that the day gender equality becomes a reality is not far from us.

DILDEEP KALRA

"Dildeep Kalra has proven her business acumen while working as the director of Massive Restaurants, an enterprise, which has brands like Farzi Café, Masala Library, Pa Pa Ya, Made in Punjab, Bo Tai and many more under it. Regarding her journey so far she says, “In 2006 when I got married my husband had just moved from the US. Back in the day when malls were booming we started some food kiosks. Since I had no friends and I was new to the city I started managing a few kiosks. So this is how I started working in the food business. Later we sold the business and became bigger and that is when I decided that I wanted to take a sabbatical and start my family.”

She started working in Massive Restaurants in 2012. “That’s when I came in and started working full time. Since my husband is in the food business it was easy for me to migrate. Obviously I had to learn a lot because I did not know how a food business is run but being with him, learning about the business became easier and that is how my food journey started.”

Telling us about the biggest challenges that restaurateurs face in Delhi she says, “There are a lot of challenges that we face. But you always try and overcome the challenges whether it is the government policies or the illegal construction that people have done. Even though we get licenses the authorities wake up later. There are issues in Delhi but you have to run a business so you learn to deal with them. I guess there are shortcomings everywhere in every state or city but the idea is to overcome the challenges and not sit and discuss the problems and rather to create solutions.”