3 Indian Moms Went Looking For Role Models For Their Daughters
And they ended up writing a children's book highlighting 51 women, past and present. It's called The Dot That Went For A Walk.
Three Indian women who were close friends often discussed how inspired they were by their own mothers.
They wondered if their daughters had female role models, too. So they decided to ask them.
They posed the question to their girls, two 18-year-olds and two under age 12. The girls came up with the names of Western pop singers. When pressed for Indian names, they mentioned Bollywood and sports stars — but couldn't think of a single Indian woman from other disciplines.
"We extended this conversation to our daughters' friends and then to their classmates," says Sarada Akkineni, a director
