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Shabana Azmi: Stop Apologizing for Success!
4 Oct
Summary
- Women often apologize for their success, unlike men.
- Javed Akhtar advised Shabana Azmi to stop feeling guilty.
- Success can lead women to overcompensate in personal lives.
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi recently highlighted a societal tendency for women to apologize for their success. Appearing on the popular chat show 'Rendezvous with Simi Garewal' in 2000, she shared insights from her husband, acclaimed writer Javed Akhtar.
Azmi recalled Akhtar's pointed observation that many women, unaccustomed to significant personal success, tend to overcompensate. He noted instances where women apologize to family members and try to downplay their achievements by focusing on domestic duties, such as preparing meals or ironing clothes.
Akhtar's advice to Azmi was direct: 'Stop apologizing for being successful. Stop feeling guilty about being successful.' Azmi admitted that she herself was falling prey to this behavior, a realization that surprised her. She and Javed Akhtar have been married since 1984.
