Another Full-Circle Moment — and This One's a Big One.

Eons ago, I turned down IIM Lucknow for a Master of Arts in Psychology. There was drama. A lot of it. Fast forward to a few months ago — I came across the Goldman Sachs × IIM Ahmedabad Women Entrepreneurship Program, applied on a whim, and got through. One of 70 women selected from hundreds of applicants.

My first week on campus felt surreal. Bells, khandvi, assignments, group work, nerves, laughter — and one question that kept circling in my mind the whole time: What will I give? What value will I bring among such brilliant, high-achieving women?

The answer arrived quietly: just show up as yourself.

For someone who sits at the intersections of being queer, Parsi, neurodivergent, and a woman in a male-dominated industry — showing up fully as myself is both my contribution and my belonging.

Here's to new chapters. Here's to showing up, fully, as ourselves. 💜

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