India, Aug. 16 -- Women are increasingly challenging the expectations that seek to define how they should build careers, manage money, conduct relationships and respond to public scrutiny. At the We Women Want Conclave 2026, actors Kriti Kharbanda and Akanksha Chamola presented two powerful perspectives on Shakti - not merely as the strength to withstand pressure, but as the confidence to question it, make independent choices and remain unapologetically oneself.

Speaking at the We Women Want Conclave 2026 in New Delhi, Kharbanda and Chamola, in separate sessions moderated by NewsX Editor-in-Chief Uday Pratap Singh, spoke about career choices, financial independence, personal relationships, reality television and the pressures that come w...