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When I got admission into JBIMS it was a pretty 'unlikely' opportunity for a girl of my background: from an orthodox family, studying Sanskrit through regional language in the arts stream. I was so excited to go to Bajaj. But I still remember the overwhelming tide of abject fear that swept over me when I first stepped into the MMS-I class: a class full of high achievers, engineers, and really smart people. I felt absolutely like a cabbage in a garden of orchids!
I discovered soon to my surprise and joy that the people whom I was in awe and was rather a little afraid of, were free minded and genuinely nice people without any hang-ups, without judgements. It was great to watch the 'leaders' in the class and other classmates, groupmates - the way they put forth their point strongly in discussions, the different perspectives they brought to any subject. All of that was as inspirational and educational for me as the regular MMS curriculum itself.
Advait and I got married early in life - quite expectedly, this pretty much set the tone and the structure of what I did for most of last 25 years. I have always worked professionally - either in a job (Essar, SICOM) or as an independent professional in my own company, Arthavid. My profession however has always been subsidiary to my family duties.
We moved to Pune in 2004 and I found in my co-sister (i.e. the wife of my brother-in-law) not only a co-suffering professional but also a very good friend. We joined our families to create a modern joint family and since live in a house with a common kitchen and a small little garden. Between us we sorted out the duties and the timings, so that each of us could make as less a compromise as possible in our professional work and obligations. I also managed to learn French just for the heck of it and enjoy my hobbies of reading and gardening.
Now, my daughter Spruha is in her last year of MBBS at GS Medical College, Mumbai, and my son Samvid is doing his biochemistry in Trinity College, Oxford. I now find myself nearly free of my time constraints, with about 15 good productive years still left to look after my career. I am hoping and of course planning, to make the most of them!
I discovered soon to my surprise and joy that the people whom I was in awe and was rather a little afraid of, were free minded and genuinely nice people without any hang-ups, without judgements. It was great to watch the 'leaders' in the class and other classmates, groupmates - the way they put forth their point strongly in discussions, the different perspectives they brought to any subject. All of that was as inspirational and educational for me as the regular MMS curriculum itself.
Advait and I got married early in life - quite expectedly, this pretty much set the tone and the structure of what I did for most of last 25 years. I have always worked professionally - either in a job (Essar, SICOM) or as an independent professional in my own company, Arthavid. My profession however has always been subsidiary to my family duties.
We moved to Pune in 2004 and I found in my co-sister (i.e. the wife of my brother-in-law) not only a co-suffering professional but also a very good friend. We joined our families to create a modern joint family and since live in a house with a common kitchen and a small little garden. Between us we sorted out the duties and the timings, so that each of us could make as less a compromise as possible in our professional work and obligations. I also managed to learn French just for the heck of it and enjoy my hobbies of reading and gardening.
Now, my daughter Spruha is in her last year of MBBS at GS Medical College, Mumbai, and my son Samvid is doing his biochemistry in Trinity College, Oxford. I now find myself nearly free of my time constraints, with about 15 good productive years still left to look after my career. I am hoping and of course planning, to make the most of them!