This seems rather hard to believe considering the multitude of articles written on gender discrimination against women in India. But India is a land of surprising dichotomies. On the one hand, we have the khap culture, dowry deaths, female infanticides, forced marriages….sounds familiar? On the other hand, we also have scores of matrimonial ads-‘Tall, Fair and Slim Indian girl working for an IT firm seeking a groom working as a software engineer’. The mushrooming IT and ITES (IT Enabled Services) firms that form the skyline in every major city in India and some tier II cities are undoubtedly the most coveted jobs in the country, regardless of gender. It’s ironic to think that the IT sector is actually a level-playing field for both genders in India (not withstanding pay discrepancies), whereas in the US, where the IT boom began, this sector continues to be a boys’ club. Vikram Chandra, in his book, Geek Sublime, writes about how women comprise 30% of employees in tech firms in India and only 21% in the USA. The numbers are on a rise in India, whereas the US is seeing a decline.

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