The dropout

 The world as we know it is shrinking at a very rapid rate. No, I don't mean scientifically, but just figuratively. 

I was watching the series "The Dropout" in an Netflix platform. Yesterday, the same story was in one of the podcasts. 

Until then I thought Elizabeth Holmes (no relation to Sherlock Holmes :) ) and her story was fictional. And may be she is an innocent victim being investigated by authorities. 

We do see that authorities quite often investigate, grill and terrorize innocent people. So I thought this girl with a dream, is being questioned for no fault of hers. 

But I couldn't be more wrong.

Elizabeth Holmes, the first female startup founder of medical technology company Theranos, and a billionaire was defrauding her investors and general public. Her technology - which was supposed to perform multiple tests using a single tiny drop of blood was not working. 

She managed to fool the investors, the scientific community and her employees. Should we say kudos - as we have been doing, for many a wrong reason? A woman is as capable of pulling wool over people's eye as well as a man. That she can be as an efficient thug as a man? No, please don't do that.

We celebrate the success of women - who work hard - who work honest and achieve their dreams - and many cases help the society. We don't and should not celebrate the success of women with no consideration to their means.