Sushmita Roy gave up a lucrative career as a management consultant with a multinational and started her own web design firm so that she could work from home. She says, After Tara was born, I decided that I couldn t go back to working at a job with such long and erratic hours. I didn t want to miss out on any special moments in my daughter s life. But at the same time, I didn t want to be a full-time mother because I really enjoyed working. Working from home was the only option.
Some women have no choice.
Veena Marathe had to start working because she and her husband realized that his salary would not be enough to live on once the baby arrived. Veena started working as a receptionist when her baby was one year old. I felt terrible leaving my baby at such a young age, but I had no choice. It s not easy being a working mother. To make things worse, I don t like my job.