Luna: From Abandoned to Adored
On January 1, 2018, six days after I moved to Bangalore, I wondered: what if….I rescued a dog? I had seen this on Facebook a few days before. Ankit had been feeding this dog...
DJAC 2018: Celebrate Inner Conflict
As humans, most of our daily decision-making is patterned and predictable. However, if we could zoom in on those instances where we stop and consciously think through...
Therapy: A 2-for-1 Deal
I begged and begged to not have to go to therapy. But my Class Dean at Babson College wouldn’t have it. By the third year, she knew me as an ambitious, high-performing student...
In Search of Home
As a girl of Indian descent growing up in Chicago, I was taught to regularly seek blessings from elders in the family, particularly my paternal grandmother. She would...
Embracing My Insecurities
Now that life has returned to a slower pace, I have started to unpack the learnings from 2017. I am slowly beginning to see where my insecurities are because for...
Are You My Alma Mater?
Finding the right MBA program is like finding the family that speaks your language. They may not look or talk like you, but you feel “at home” because they understand and...
Diversity + Conflict = Maximum Growth
It’s Sunday night and nearly 2 am. I have class in 6 hours, but I have an urge to sit here in silence and write. It feels like a month has gone by. Flipping through my notes from...
INSEAD: MBA Powered by Mindfulness
Since we arrived at INSEAD about 3 weeks ago, there’s been a tremendous amount of encouragement and support for us to develop a mindfulness practice. Yes, that’s...
Spin the Globe
The overwhelming joy of welcoming my mom to INSEAD was indescribable. I was beaming. She has never seen me happier. And it’s only been 6 weeks since I arrived in Singapore...
Sufi Poet at INSEAD
We were born in the same townhouse in Chicago, but we never got along as children. My cousin was 9 months older and was always taller, fairer, and prettier. She was...
