"You (woman) must know your rights. You must know what tradition versus modern is, and you must also know what the woman's spirit is. You are here to do your best and you must fight for gender rights," he said during a talk show organised by the FICCI Ladies Organisation at a hotel here.
Bhagat also talked about the challenges he faced by chucking a lucrative job to become a full-time writer and thanked his wife for his success and twin sons.