Who am I

I am a girl, born on 16th of September, grew up in New Delhi with my parents and a younger sister. I went to Loreto Convent School, Delhi and subsequently moved to the British School, New Delhi where I completed my schooling and passed the GCSEs, ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ level examinations by Oxford and Cambridge University. I enjoyed studying Mathematics, Economics, Hindi, Fine Arts and Theatre studies and never missed a single drama class. I also spent my childhood in some extracurricular activities including Taekwondo classes, playing badminton, Shloka lessons, Music classes (Hindustani classical vocal) and dance classes which continued till I joined FMS.

I love to dance, and maybe will dance all my life, while my formal training has been in Bhartanatyam, I have also dabbled with other forms including Western Ballet, Jazz and hip-hop. I have performed across India with my guru Padmashree Geeta Chandran, and been under her tutelage since 1991; last performance with Natya Vriksha was in Apr08. My sister and I had the privilege to perform at the Rashtrapati Bhawan for the then president of India ‘Shri. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’ and his esteemed guests an entire repertoire of pure Bharatanatyam, it was an honour back in 2006.

I chose to take a year off after school, this was pivotal in my life as it gave me enough time to think life ahead. I, during this year, took the SATs, got through NIFT, worked in three musicals, auditioned for music videos, thank fully mom didn’t allow me to pursue the offers, did freelance still modelling for kicks. I like acting, my sister calls me drama queen sometimes, I managed to be a frontline dancer in DMT’s “Misbeavin’ ” and “The Magic of the Musicals” two Broadway productions, staged in Kamani Auditorium, each of them ran 14 shows in 10 consecutive days. I also later got the female lead in a negative role in “Dangerous Thrills” by the Gatearch productions, this musical ran for 14 consecutive days at Kamani.

I graduated in Mathematics and Computer applications from Lady Sriram College, Delhi University and also completed a GNIIT course simultaneously, took the CAT exam and the exam paper leaked that year, I become a fractional part of history!

I got my first job with Citibank N.A. in their Credit Cards division and reported directly to VP Sales thereafter I joined HSBC bank in Mar04 and have been with them ever since. I, today am a Human Resources Manager and am a part of the HR team that works with employees in North India, we are an eight member team and deal with over 1500 employees. I ventured into the corporate world, my sister followed her dream, has taken dancing as a full time career, and she is living my dream too.

I like fine arts and discovered the artist in me during my ‘A’ level art course, I chose to study sculpture, I even sculpted my friends head and another school worker’s, these two ‘heads’ got me an A-grade. I made the sculptures in fibre glass, clay and bronze. I, in my free time like to either clean up my house, I always think there is room for improvement, or else go spend time with friends and visit my grandmother, who is practically my Godmother. I am very fond of her and my close friends.

I am interested in meeting people and getting to know about diverse cultures and life styles. I like to network online and one can find me on LinkedIn, facebook and Twitter.

I have a keen interest in music, listen to it all the time, always carry it with me, listen to almost all genres and sometimes get hooked on to one song and hear it 20 times a day.

I like to plan things out usually and like to lead an organised life as far as possible, of course realistically. I planned my wedding date and got married on 25 December so that me and my spouse would be on leave, no matter where we are in the world on our anniversary, well that is the day in 2006 when my Hindu marriage took place, and my Santa came into my life.
I’ve never been a writer but want to cultivate my writing skills and hence am planning to start my own online blog, hope I find time to maintain it. I like to travel and have travelled extensively across India and visited 5 other countries.
I have a dream, a personal & financial goal and hope to realise it one day.