Suburb March 2019

FEATURE
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE,
THE FIRST STEP TO THE
‘REAL INDEPENDENCE’
March 8, International
Women’s marks and
celebrates the free spirit of
women; her being
independent and capable of
following her dreams. The
first step to her
independence is she being
financially self -sustaining
Anuaradha Ramamirtham
The ground rule is if one is
financially independent,
all the other aspects of
independence follow.
However, even today in
India, there is much that
needs to be done in this
direction.
Why is it important to be
financially independent?
1) To be one step ahead of the rising
costs: The world is shrinking and
aspirations are rising and to fulfil dreams
one needs a balanced flow of finances to
run a household of 3-4 members. A
house, good education for children and a
comfortable life is what is the least
expectation of a family.
Shikha Sawant, HR in a pharmaceutical
company mentions that while attending
a conference in India she realised that
although women were encouraged to
complete their higher education and do
specializations like a Masters, they were
not encouraged to go out and work. This
initially started with restrictions on
women to work and later due to
unwillingness and lack of ability to take a
stand for themselves. “This was very
strange as highly educated women just
didn’t care about the so much time they
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