Women’s Day: Nine influential women talk about women who motivate them the most

On International Women’s Day, nine women talk about the women who have motivated them, energised them, enabled them. It is time to celebrate the women-for-women narrative.

Here're their stories:

Deepika Padukone reveals the woman who inspires her the most


Arundhati Bhattacharya on why she celebrates her aunt Parbati Dutt

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw says she has inherited her independent streak from her mother

Suchita Salwan writes about two people she turns to for advice

How wrestler Babita Kumari's elder sister Geeta helped her make the right decisions

Rama Bijapurkar writes about her greatest champion and critic

Rohini Nilekani writes about a woman for all time

Renuka Ramnath recalls the women professionals who shaped her career at ICICI

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati says Jane Goodall embodies all that is right about humanity