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Mayor tells colleague to show grace
As Britain's first Indian female Lord Mayor Manjula Sood began her job in the city of Leicester on Thursday she was told to cultivate "Indian grace."
- IANS
- Published: 00:38 May 16, 2008
London: As Britain's first Indian female Lord Mayor Manjula Sood began her job in the city of Leicester on Thursday she was told to cultivate "Indian grace." The advice came from Britain's first elected Asian female mayor.
"She will have to do everything gracefully. But there's no problem there - Indian women already are very graceful," said Lata Patel, who was the Mayor of Brent from 1996-97.
The Lord Mayor is a nominated and largely ceremonial position, whereas the Mayor is an elected post, with the candidate usually fielded by his or her political party.
"I am very proud and very happy for Manjula. Indian woman are coming up very quickly in Britain," Patel said.
"Earlier, people thought only Indian men could be successful, but now you see a lot of young Indian and other Asian women succeeding in business, professions and politics."
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