She is Shabnam

What happens when women dream to achieve their highest potential? What are the invisible barriers that come their way as they break the glass ceiling? What kind of struggle awaits them when they marry and raise babies? How tough it is for them to prove themselves in a world that privileges men? She is Shabnam tries to look into these key concerns by following the story of three generations of women, their indomitable will, their gentle strength, their unstoppable ways, their intuitive bond and the small changes that are creeping in, albeit slowly, as more and more women join the workforce, altering set norms, changing paradigms. Shabnam is at the centre of the story that goes back and forth to fathom the forces that shape her into the woman she is. She is a new age woman - earnest, ambitious, feisty, trying to surge ahead, stroke by relentless stroke. Yet she is no rebel. As she hits mid-thirties and is established at her work, she itches to have a companion to share life with and experience motherhood. Shabnams quest is not for a world where men and women are alike or even equal but a world where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping men-women interactions. The book is not about war of genders, it is about conciliation of genders. About pluralities and possibilities. Meet the very versatile Shabnam as she breaks her own mould to embody the essence of a woman in command. Unbothered, moisturised, happy, in her lane, focused, flourishing.