Live your life in the same way, my darling. At home, you were just our mother,’ you wrote in your email. ‘You never made us realize that you had such a demanding, successful, and stressful career. Remember the time that you were studying in the US and the announcement of my becoming MD and CEO of ICICI was splashed across all newspapers? I remember the mail you wrote to me a couple of days later. As a parent with a full-time job, one must not let work affect the way you relate to your family. I never knew that my mother had such a wealth of self-assurance and belief within her. She worked hard till she saw all of us through college and we became independent. It must have been challenging for her to shoulder the responsibility of bringing up her family single- handed, but she never let us feel like it was a task for her. Slowly, she discovered a flair for designing and textiles, found herself a job with a small firm, and quickly made herself indispensable to them. It was then that we realized how strong she was and how determined to do her duty in the best possible manner. But without warning, all that changed overnight and my mother, who had only been a homemaker till then, faced the responsibility of raising three children all on her own. We had been protected from life’s challenges so far. I was only a young girl of 13 when my father passed away from a sudden heart attack, leaving us unprepared to take on life without him. This also helped me when I started out on my journey of self- discovery. That early initiation enabled us to develop into confident individuals capable of taking decisions independently. Your grandparents always had the same message for the three of us- That it was important to focus on what gave us satisfaction and to work towards it with utmost dedication. When it came to education, or our future plans, there was no discrimination between us based on our gender. Our parents treated all three of us-two sisters and a brother-equally. The values that they instilled in my formative years gave me the foundation on which I try to live my life even today. When I think of those times, I realize that most of these lessons were actually learnt in my childhood, mostly through examples set by my parents. This moment has also brought back memories of my own journey, and the life lessons I learnt along the way. I am looking forward to seeing you grow and flourish in the years ahead. It makes me feel so proud today to see you standing in front of me as a confident young woman right on the threshold of an exciting journey through life. Here is the letter from an inspiring mother to her daughter: Kochhar is listed as ‘100 Most Powerful Women in the World’ by Forbes, and this letter only goes on to prove how successful and inspiring a parent she is at home. CEO and Managing Director of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar’s letter to her daughter Aarati, is doing rounds in the social media.
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