Panel discussion on ‘Compassion Between Women’ held at Hyatt

PUNE: The Hyatt Pune, Kalyani Nagar, hosted a panel discussion on ‘Compassion Between Women’ recently at Fishbowl on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

The panellists include Sonia Agarwal Konjeti, Founder, PULA Facebook group, Sumit Kumar, General Manager, Hyatt Pune, Kalyani Nagar; Rashmi and  Chahat Dalal, Co-Founders, Dazzle Dust and Model;  Mita Banerjee, Philanthropist and Founder of Team Miracle, and  Shubhra Misra, Programming Head at Radio One. The moderator of the event was Vidhya Tiwari, Editor, Trofii Magazine.

The aim of the discussion was to focus on the compassion that a woman feels for another woman, be it at workplace, industry, social environment or at home. 

“Every single person can make a difference just through the choices we make on a daily basis. The first step is to know and understand what compassion is. Our human compassion binds us together, as we dwell on empathy for human beings and women by their intrinsic genes are nurturers and caregivers,” said Sumit Kumar. 

“Giving does not mean taking things away from you. It means that you realise that you’re self-sufficient and you have your own niche that can be created. A woman is beautiful when she is confident of her own self, as only then will she be able to lend a hand to another woman,” said Chahat Dalal. 

During the inspiring open question and answer session, the esteemed panellist’s shared their insights on navigating confidence and how they envision the future for women as they stand together and understand each other.