Are Parents Responsible for India's Frail Startup Community?
4. A girl can’t do nothing but be a doctor
First of all, girls were barely encouraged to go to school or take up core education until a couple of decades back. After the government kept emphasizing the importance of women education, parents started sending their daughters to school. Magically, out of the blue there was this implantation of a thought in every Indian adult’s mind that a doctor’s profession is most suitable for girls. Women who have the finest managerial and entrepreneurial skills are never encouraged to start their own firms or businesses in the country.
