Career? City girls interested in glamour

Snehil Jaiswal / TNN / Nov 29, 2005, 02:10 IST

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With the world around them changing fast, Patna girls are also quick to embrace the new fields.

Career? City girls interested in glamour

PATNA: Are you one of these parents in the city who always wanted their daughter to become a doctor, engineer or IAS officer, but are worried that your little girl has suddenly grown up and is aspiring to become another Barkha Dutt, Ritu Beri or Rani Jethmalani?
If you are, you'll probably feel relieved to learn that you share your fate with many parents in the city, whose daughters are interested in careers that ensure glamour and recognition.
With the world around them changing fast, Patna girls are also quick to embrace the new fields. And they seem to be determined to make it big in fields like journalism, fashion and law, that give "quicker recognition".
"Engineering will not give me the satisfaction of being a celebrity. I want people to recognise me when I move around," said Supriti, an aspiring journalist.

Patna girls are not behind in the fashion world either. Latest trends in clothes, fabrics and colours are intriguing many of them.
"There's so much to explore in the fashion world. I always What better field than fashion designing can I get to realise my dream?" said Sanchali, a budding designer.
Even coaching institutions are acknowledging this change in trend. The course co-ordinator of one such coaching institute, Durgesh Kumar, said: "Girls are more inclined towards glamour, fame and money.

The percentage of girls in our batch for the NIFT entrance exam has gone up from 30 to 50 per cent."Anothercoaching Institute,which prepares students for engneering entrance examinations has also experienced the trend.
"The percentage of girls enrolled in our coaching has declined by 30 per cent in the last two years," said Vikramaditya, the physics teacher there.
Another career option, which is drawing Patna girls in good numbers, is management. And the determination of girls to excel is evident.
The director of L N Mishra Institute of Social Change and Economic Development, K A H Subramanian said that girls were getting more seroius.
"There has been a marked improvement in the performance of girls. Even our toppers are, in most cases, girls," he said.
With girls in the city getting more conscious of their rights, there is a significant lot which want to fight for justice by practising law.
One such law-aspirant, Sudeshna has even laid down the criteria of the kinds of clients she'll like to entertain. "I want my name to be taken with respect. So, I'll not entertain clients who come to me with small issues," she said.

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