Dear Friends,

Pitter patter, pitter patters, little drops of rain !!! We are in the season of heavy showers of monsoons. Seasons of the year keep changing - summer to spring to monsoon to autumn - each season brings with it its own charm. From the cool wintery nights to the sunny days of summer each season has its glory  -  and so too, the seasons in our lives.

The  world today is more inclined towards glamour than goodness and people  believe glamour is equal to happiness. It is absolsutely a wrong notion and this craze is strongly driven into people's minds by the present media world.

There are three traits in human consciousness:
Looking good
feeling good, and
being good.

The most important is 'being good' People value 'looking good' more to impress others. There is nothing wrong in that provided it is based on being good.

Good or bad every person in this life has to face some problem or the other but how we face them is what counts. Learn to look at life positively and problems will defnitely find solutions. Problems help to make you strong as an individual. So chin up friends - believe in yourself and learn to "Bloom where you are planted"  and life will be a pleasant road ahead.

WOMEN VISION is glad to present to you the Awardee of the Emirates Businesswoman's Award for the 'Professional Woman of the year' -  Dr.  Dorothy Fernandes, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist MBBS, MRCOG, FRCOG(U.K)presented by  Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group. Dr. Dorothy who is currently practising in Dubai  has been awarded the trophy for the Second Emirates Businesswomen's Award 2004 by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group. The Emirates Businesswomen's Award is a joint initiative of the Dubai Quality Group (DQG) and energy major Shell.

Dr. Dorothy is one of the six siblings of (late) Xavier and Cecilia Fernandes of Bendore Parish in Mangalore  and has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. She passed her MBBS at the Mysore Medical College and proceeded to U.K for higher studies and post graduated in MRCOG in 1980.  She returned to her hometown Mangalore in 1982 and worked for four years at Fr.Muller's Hospital. In 1986 she married Edwin Rasquinha (currently General Manager at the Lobo Management Centre in Dubai) and came to Dubai in 1988 and worked as the head of the department o Obstetrics at Al Baraha Hospital. l center.

Dr Dorothy, works as a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist for Prime Medical Centre, and is a visiting consultant at American, Welcare, Iranian and Belhoul International hospitals in Dubai and she was selected for this distinguised honour after a rigorous assessment process. Out of the numerous entries that were reviewed 20 applications were shortlisted out of which Dr.Dorothy Fernandes was one of the two awardees chosen out of a very rigorous selection and it was unanimous.

Dr.Dorothy Fernandes graduated  25 years ago from one of the pioneer institutions in India with a gold medal in surgery.  She has  worked in prestigious hospitals in the U.K and was the head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecolgy for the Ministry of health hospital for 12 years. She started private practice 2 years ago and now enjoys admission rights at American, Welcare and Iranian Hospitals. Since starting private practice, she has dedicated a lot of time for public awareness campaigns. To this effect, she has conducted several interactive seminars on cancer awareness, prevention of miscarriages and birth defects, Hormone replacement therapy, etc at varios women's groups, public and private companies.

Dr. Dorothy has also been  awarded the Fellowsh