Power gal

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Work is passion, socialising and fame can wait, insists Meera Borwankar, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) in an exclusive interview</span><br /><br />Why is the iron lady of the Mumbai police force maintaining a low profile? "I''m a workaholic. I do my work and let the media pick that up.I''m not anything special. In fact, I hate to be recognised," says Meera Borwankar, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime). <br /><br />The elusive Borwankar insists that she is not inaccessible. "After 23 years in the IPS, I can say that I deserve what I have got. I''m at nobody''s mercy. The Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) must be accessible to ordinary people and my daily hour listening to them is a great learning experience. Sometimes it can be too taxing. If I keep on socialising I cannot do all this," she explains.<br /><br />Any attempts to find out about the alleged male rivalry in the JCP circles are squashed. "I ensure that I do not step on anyone''s toes. I feel open dialogue helps and I have great support. By nature, women ask their colleagues for an opinion and that''s the reason they make great team leaders."<br /><br />Her entry, say insiders, has brought professionalism to the Crime branch. "We discuss issues and have study circles. Crime investigation is like playing chess, it''s a fine art. I feel we should tackle organised crime, while social problems can be tackled by dialogue with citizen bodies and NGOs." <br /><br />Ask her about corruption hitting the IPS and Borwankar says, "The last four years have been very painful for us. Some people have taken the liberty of making money, thinking that the chances of them being caught while in government service would be remote. But now, there are attempts to make the cadre more professional." Borwankar is at ease in Mumbai. "Here women can walk around freely. Eve-teasing cases are relatively lower. The energy of the city is great for women."</div> </div>