My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future – Indra Nooyi Pages – 325 For many years, Indra Nooyi was just another famous woman to me—someone who regularly featured in lists of the world’s most influential leaders. However, her short and long speeches, given on various forums, started appearing on my social media feeds. The more I watched them,…
After February 22, 2025, the 9th of March 2025 will hold a special place in my heart. I participated in a 5K run. Though it was a Fun Run, for someone like me, it was a serious event. Here’s my secret dream—well, not a secret anymore: I’ve always wanted to run a marathon (half or full). However, over the past…
The other day, while I was scrolling through my Instagram feed, a reel popped up where a man was asking one question to many women: “Is alimony okay? Why is dowry not okay?” From what I could see, the women he asked these questions to were young and probably unmarried. Even if they were married, these aren’t the kind of…
Few people have such a strong grip on their language and clarity of thought that when they speak, everyone listens. I have a few personal favorites. Here are my favorite Indian female leaders who speak brilliantly and with great insight. This list is not in any particular order of preference. I cannot resist listening to their talks or speeches. Share…
“Yay! Daddy is back from the office. Let’s talk about our vacation plan now”, Vishu was jumping up and down upon seeing his father’s car As soon as he was in, the kids grabbed his arms and made him sit on the sofa. “Hey. What is so exciting?”, their Daddy asked “We have finalized our vacation spot and I have…
I’m currently reading Indra Nooyi’s book My Life in Full, and although I’m not even halfway through it, I already feel incredibly inspired. As I come across interesting insights, I’ll share them before writing my final review. While reading about her school and college days, it struck me that she was a debater in school. This made me wonder—do today’s…
The Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahbadia’s India’s Got Latent controversy made it to the top news this week and several actions have been taken against the makers of the show, all the videos being deleted by Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahbadia’s apology and suddenly everyone wants to stop this show. Today, I came across several notable social media ‘influencers’ who are…
“Aunty ji, I will not come tomorrow”, told the house help while washing utensils in the kitchen “Arre. Why? No no. You must come tomorrow. We have guests coming over for lunch”, said the mother-in-law “It is my son’s birthday and he has been asking us for many days to take him out for a film in a cinema hall…
Lanka’s Princess – Kavita Kane Pages: 298 Continuing my growing love of reading about the different perspectives of our old mythological stories, I came across Lanka’s Princess by Kavita Kane. I have not ‘read’ the Ramayana, but like most Indians, I know of the story through the famous tele-series and several tales narrated to us by elders. I always wondered…
Title: Gently Falls the Bakula Pages: 176 Just before reading this book, I had read another book written by Sudha Murty – House of Cards. Honestly, the stories are similar. Two people falling in love, the husband working hard, earning a lot of money and fame, getting busy, neglecting the wife, wife living in the shadow of the rich and…