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Congratulations, Amita Maheshwari, Head HR - DMED, APAC & India, The Walt Disney Company, on winning the HR Leader of the Year at the ET Prime Women Leadership Awards 2021. This award recognises Amita for her strong values and her ability to inspire and engage the workforce and also create an impact on the organisation, business, people along with the larger HR community and industry. We’re proud of you!

We’re celebrating our amazing colleagues who challenge self-limiting fears and inspire others to #BreakTheLoop Simona Binoy, Associate, Internal Communications, Star India - “WOMXN — I feel safe. I feel I belong somewhere now. I live at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities of gender and sexuality. And have experienced a lot of hatred for being who I am — Why are we so intolerant? At 21, I moved to the UK and I met people from around the world with different stories. I realized if I chose to embrace who I am and fight for it, there were going to be a lot of hurdles — extremely difficult ones with very slim chance of a happy ending. Did I go for it? Yes! I kept questioning myself. Be it my sexuality or gender orientation. It's about time parents understood how difficult it is for a child to be perceived as different, the pressure of the internal and external fights they have to fight alone. And, time, young adults realized, the only way to live is to try living your truth — you might surprise yourself — you have so much power in you!"