The most resistance I faced was from my own workshop workers who would randomly nudge my father [and say] "Get her married. Why do you bring her here?" Distant family members would come to my mother and tell her how humiliating it is that she's making her daughter a mere carpenter. Men in our society look down on a woman who works outside of home, especially like in my field where I have to visit homes, communicate with labourers, masons, and store keepers etc. But when you prove people wrong by actually accomplishing your goal then they look at you differently. When projects started coming and getting completed, people started getting close to me, respecting me far more than they used to when I started my work.
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