We live in a world where we see all kinds of people around us, people with different ambitions, aspirations, hopes and goals. What we also find is that most people are happy leading regular, run-of- the-mill lives, playing the roles they are meant to play with no questions asked. They don’t challenge or object too much and like to go with the flow. They have no interest in doing anything different, unique or unconventional. They are happy being part of …
Category: Real Journeys
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Real Journeys is a new section where I want to talk about women who have followed their dreams, their passions and attained the pinnacle of success in their chosen fields.
They have against all odds, all challenges, whether internal or external, made a name for themselves, carved out a niche for themselves. I want to relate their life stories to show that if one has the grit, the determination, the tenacity one can cross all hurdles and get to where one aspires to.
I want these stories to be a source of inspiration to every individual out there who wants to do something, to achieve something but is getting held back by one challenge or the other. These are real-life stories of women who are corporate professionals, entrepreneurs, founders, bureaucrats, artists, writers or sportspersons who have made a name for themselves and found happiness.
So read on and get inspired!!
A woman who believes – ‘No matter how you feel, just get up, dress up, show up and never give up’, That’s Banali Malhotra, my woman achiever. With such an attitude to life, is it a wonder that the woman is a super achiever? When you know what you want from life and will go after it no matter what, how will anyone be able to stop you? Positivity, consistency, grit and determination are critical to success. These aspects are …
How much change, how much diversity, how much learning can one individual pack in a lifetime? How many times can one start afresh? Not too many would be my guess because it requires an immense amount of courage, fortitude, resilience and patience. After all, one had invested a lot of time and effort into a way of life, into a way of being. So it is not easy to give it all up. But some of us want to do …
An achiever, a fighter, a believer, a woman of action. A woman who has as some would say broken the proverbial glass ceiling to get to the top. A woman who has never let go of her grit, determination and resilience to get to her goals. What is more, she is a go-getter who doesn’t believe in just resting on laurels but in setting new goals, dreaming new dreams and forging ahead. An inspiration, an aspiration; that’s how I would describe …
When I look at the women around me, at their achievements, their accomplishments, I am left awestruck and pretty much speechless. I wonder if there is something special in their DNA which lets them accomplish so much. I find most women to be, multi-dimensional, multi-faceted packing in incredible amounts and types of things in their lives. I wonder how and I wonder why. Is it because they are forced to do it, or it is a choice that they happily …
Life is and can never be predictable. More often than not, it never turns out the way we want it to. It has a knack of throwing curveballs, challenges when we least expect it to. But it is not what life does to us that is important; it is what we do to life that is. How do we counter the challenges, the curveballs is what distinguishes someone who is an achiever from someone who is not. There are many …
What is it about a woman that gives her the strength, the courage, the ability to begin from scratch an innumerable number of times in life? What is it that enables her to pick up the threads of her life again and yet again and start anew? Is it her conviction, her resilience, her desire to bounce back? What is it? My real-life story this time is about one such woman. A woman who despite several challenges in life, challenges …
Making people look beautiful from the inside and outside. This is the real-life story of Anaisha Sukh, a homoeopath and the co-founder of Ma Earth Botanicals, a company which has made a name for itself in the space of health and wellness. The company is into producing natural hair care and skincare products. The ethos of the company is summed up in its tagline, ‘Nature-inspired wellness, handcrafted with love.’ Anaisha was born in Delhi during the seventies to parents who …