Mayawati magic: BSP chief makes her Forbes debut

POWER-PACKED: The self-proclaimed leader of a new third front shines at 59th position.

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New Delhi: Indian women are being recognised for the power they wield across the world.

Four Indian women feature in the Forbes list of the Hundred Most Powerful Women in the World.

Pepsico chief Indra Nooyi has climbed up a few rungs to attain the number three spot. After letting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh call the shots in the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, Congress president Sonia Gandhi took a backseat and slid down to the 21st position from the lofty sixth last year.

After conquering the throne in Lucknow, the self-proclaimed leader of a new third front, Mayawati, too made her debut in the elite club. The Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief secured the 59th position in the list of who’s who of the powerful and popular.

Mayawati has been talking of a possible successor so that she can vie for Manmohan Singh's job.

Success stories of Indian women don't stop there. Ninety-ninth but still making the list is the founder of Biocon India, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.

Forbes recognition means that Indian women have arrived.