Category: diva di’vine

  • Power of partnership,

    Another major lesson that I learnt over the year is the power of partnership. I can do it all alone may happen but not only is it tiring and lonely, it does not allow us achieve our potential. Working as team, or in partnership allowed me to create something greater than what I could create…

  • Meeting the Ms~Chief

    When  blog adda invited me to join the Sheroes summit, I was curious. Hyderabad,  or Bangalore seemed the obvious choices.  I wanted to be surprised so I did not bother too much about researching the event. I entered a roomful of women, who were basically from marketing and technology, and somewhere along the line, trying…

  • Gandhinagar –Akola Maharashtra

    On the way back from our community activity at the village of Dahihandi, the NDTV swacha Bharat abhiyan crew and I stopped by a  river that is dying. A small town on the banks of river Morna in the Akola district of Maharashtra. It was initially part Madhyapradesh, and subsequently leased out the Nizam of…

  • Embracing WomanHood.

    Just a reflection, what is the worst thing, one calls a woman? Lets not be political correct  the words that mght pop up are words like slut, whore, bitch, c.. whatever. When it comes to a guy whats the worst thing that we call him, fag, girl, bitch, pussy, I have read the word “Mangina”…

  • The Safe Zone

    My nephew Sharad is extremely good with hands, and loves to fiddle around in my grandpa’s carpentry workshop. My aunt who is school teacher and I were observing him in one of his activity.  I casually mentioned, may be “Ajja should teach him carpentry”  response from aunt and my cousin’s wife so spontaneous, ”definitely not,…

  • The step.

    Taking a break from what you are doing—a new approach. Sometimes it helps to step back. There was this time when everything seemed like  that snake that bit its own tail. I was so distracted, not really accomplishing much. I was so into what was happening externally that my inner self went for a toss.…