I remember attending Google events at their Gurgaon office in 2010 as an SEO executive. I would walk in with questions and come back with pages of notes. SEO was still finding its feet in India. At least in my circle, there were few experienced practitioners we could turn to. We were learning, experimenting and …
Last year, while I was putting my 7-year-old son Reyansh to bed, he looked at me and said, “Mumma, we can make superhero stickers on Canva and sell them in our society.” I smiled. Not because I thought we’d build the next million-dollar business selling stickers. But because, in that moment, I realized something far …
There was a time when learning was about survival for me; it was so important to get good grades and placements, to prove my worth, and to gain financial stability. As a very real, middle-class, ambitious-young-woman, learning was not optional; it was a necessity. Good grades meant a good college. A good college meant better …
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For a long time, I believed speed was the answer to almost everything. Respond faster.Decide quicker.Move before hesitation turns into delay. Speed felt like competence. It looked like confidence. And in many professional settings, it was quietly rewarded. The faster you replied, the more reliable you seemed. The faster you shipped, the more capable you …
For a long time, I believed that being always available was a strength. Replying quickly felt professional.Being reachable at odd hours felt responsible.Saying “yes” instantly felt like commitment. Somewhere along the way, availability became a default – not a choice. I didn’t consciously decide to be on all the time. It just happened. Messages before breakfast. Calls …
