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The Year That Was 2024

by Shweta | Updated Dec 25, 2024 | Rantings | 0 |

2024 has been a great learning experience. On both personal and professional fronts. Here is my...

From Home to Workplace: How Society Is Failing Young Professionals’ Mental Health

by Shweta | Updated Nov 14, 2024 | Mental Health | 0 |

Aryan (name changed) is a young 24 years old engineer who works in Gurgaon. Well, not works but...

What is it About Our Birthday Month, I Wonder

by Shweta | Updated Aug 10, 2024 | Personal Development | 0 |

There’s something about the birthday month that makes me pause and take stock. And it’s more than...

Re-learning to Read Non-fiction

by Shweta | Updated Aug 10, 2024 | Books | 0 |

Why do we read? So that we can live vicariously through others’ life and lived experiences....

I went to New Delhi World Book Fair 2024 to Promote My Book. The Trip Held More Lessons For Me Than I Cared For.

by Shweta | Updated Feb 28, 2024 | Books, Rantings | 0 |

I went on a three day trip to the New Delhi World Book Fair 2024. That should have been all about...

My Vision 2030

by Shweta | Updated Jan 24, 2024 | Books, Rantings | 2 |

When someone asked me recently what my vision for 3 to 5 years down the line was, I was stumped...

I Procrastinated on setting my 2024 Goals!!

by Shweta | Updated Jan 9, 2024 | Personal Development, Rantings | 3 |

And I kept feeling shi**y about it because I am guilty of preaching others to be intentional about...

12 Years. 3 Websites. Now You Tell What Next in 2024.

by Shweta | Updated Dec 18, 2023 | Rantings | 0 |

I have started 3 websites in the past 12 years. I cannot say launched, because it was without the...

How awkward can it get to build a life in public?

by Shweta | Updated Dec 5, 2023 | Rantings | 0 |

I plan to find it out for myself. With me as the product. Experts often advise us to build our...

The Urgent Need to talk about Mental Health freely

by Shweta | Updated Sep 16, 2023 | Mental Health | 0 |

You would think that simply talking about mental health should be the easiest thing to do. Right? Wrong. Despite mental health being such an integral part of our overall well-being, in many societies, including India, discussing mental health is still forbidden.

Bokaro: A city that has not changed in 30 years

by Shweta | Updated Feb 8, 2023 | Bokaro, Education | 8 |

When I hear from my daughter that her friends are going to Kota (termed India’s cram city by New York Times Magazine!) or would be non-schooling in 11th-12th to focus on engineering/medical prep, I am shocked every single time. And wonder, will Bokaro never change?