• Nishant S Yagnick and Manjul Tripathi.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
• World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep 1; 117: 411-412.

BackgroundIn India, men outnumber women in neurosurgery by a wide margin. At the graduation party of our woman colleague, we recalled the experiences of the past few years. It led to a transforming experience for the authors, who have hitherto only held the "mens' perspective."MethodsSocietal pressures of marriage, profession, family, and culture on women in India emerge readily in this conversational piece. A comparison with "obstetrics and gynecology" in which women dominate is drawn to better describe the idiosyncrasies of Indian society. The meaning of discrimination and equality is examined in terms of neurosurgical training for women.ResultsAt present, the price of becoming a doctor in India is the youth of the kid and uncertainties in the career because of gruesome competition at each level, without any incentives.ConclusionsConversation itself is one of the greatest forces for changing the situation and how this conversation can be taken forward to transform a "culture of discrimination" to a "culture of acceptance."Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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