Unleashing The Laxmi Within

Indian women actively participating in finance is still a rare phenomenon; in fact the same trend can be seen worldwide as well. While they may be good at handling household expenses, when it comes to taking major decisions pertaining to financial investments, they somehow take a back seat. It has been observed that women themsleves are often reluctant when it comes to managing financial assets of the family. This trend I feel must now change. Interestingly, in Indian mythology we worship Laxmi and Saraswati, both of whom are women. The former is the goddess of wealth and the latter, goddess of wisdom. Therefore, I feel the learnings of wealth management are in the DNA of every woman. However, sadly since our society has evolved in a male-centric manner, wealth management is also seen as a male dominion. Wealth is created in name of the son and not the daughter. Marriage expenses and...