How a Gujarati woman is breaking many stereotypes in California

She has achieved a first for a Gujarati woman — becoming a leader in the hospitality sector in the US. “Typically within the Gujarati community, women were not taken seriously back in those days and even today many don’t recognise my achievements,” Patel, 54, told ET Magazine, when she was in India as part of a delegation from Visit California, the official tourism agency of the state.