Tonight, I went to an event organized by the unapologetic
South Asian Women's Leadership Forum in downtown Manhattan about breaking into the publishing and journalism industries. There was no talk of race or gender as barriers to working in the industries, simply lots of good tips, strategies and advice on how to do it. An American mindset? Maybe. But it still made me wonder why after my eight years of journalism in England, this kind of simple support network does not exist in London...