8th March is the red letter day for the celebration of womanhood - of liberty, equality, freedom and justice.

Lets celebrate the anniversary of this momentous day by asking some of the eminent TV personalities, who they feel is a woman of substance, a phenomena they look up to.

Renuka Shahane

I admire my mother Shanta Gokhale. She's a journalist and has balanced home and her career very efficiently, giving me and my brother the best of everything and installing the right values in us. I don't admire any public figure in particular.

Apara Mehta

I hold Mother Teresa in high esteem. The kind of work she has done is unbelievable and no one could second her. It would have been a dream come true to meet her if she was alive. She lived a selfless life, has been a real mother to the needy. She truly symbolizes a woman.

Manasi Joshi Roy

I basically admire all women who manage home and work with perfect ease. I myself am doing so. Talking about someone in particular, it's my mom Usha Joshi who is a perfect woman for me. She has brought us very well, has managed home and career perfectly and that is quite an achievement. It is not easy to manage everything simultaneously for any woman. I am a reflection of my mom and trying to manage all areas of life, personal as well as professional, with precision and create a balance.

Shwetta Kawaatra

My mother Mrs. Vinita Kawaatra is someone whom I admire the most. She is strong minded and independent. She is also a director of a company called Oriflame. I have got the values from her. I can't relate to people I don't know so no question of taking anyone else's name.

Moulli Ganguly

I admire my grandmother for all what she did for her daughter (my mother) and granddaughter (that's me). She was an all rounder. It was difficult in those times to manage home and career for a woman. In those days the concept of helpers like today didn't exist. I also admire Kiran Bedi for setting a trend in a new field which opened so many opportunities for women. She believed in her dreams and executed them, not everyone can do that. I also admire Sonia Gandhi. I liked her even before she entered politics as she lived a life of dignity. She has survived everything calmly. I would love to live a life like these women.

Shonali Malhotra Sonii

It's Rakhi Sawant for her guts and honesty. She is very straight forward and honest. I like the way she conducts herself. I have met her at my gym and we share the same trainer. I also admire Angilina Joe, not for looks but for her attitude and responsibility towards adopting children. Sushmita Sen too is in the list for making giving Reenee a beautiful life and facing the society with ease. I would love to do something like that in future and for that I have to be self-sufficient in every sense of the word.