“I grew up on the outskirts of the city, where the Chennai skyline shimmered faintly in the distance like a dream I was meant to chase. After college, I finally moved here, and that’s when my Madras life truly began. Every morning, I take the local train to work, and that ride feels like the heartbeat of the city, the chatter, the chaos, the smell of filter coffee blending with the breeze through the train windows.
I’m also that person who heads straight to the beach for everything, joy, confusion, heartbreak, you name it. The sea has witnessed more of my breakdowns and brainstorms than my office ever has. What’s shaped me most, though, are the little moments, my grandmother’s quiet strength, my team’s everyday madness, and this city’s endless ability to make you fall, fail, and still show up again.
Motherhood changed everything. Nothing really prepares you for how much it transforms you, not just as a person, but as a professional. I saw so many brilliant women disappear from work after having kids, not because they lost their spark, but because opportunities lost sight of them. That hit hard. So, I decided to change that in my own small way.
Today, I run an 8-member team, and every year, we make sure at least one mother gets a chance to make her comeback through us. It’s my little rebellion against a system that tends to forget women after motherhood. And honestly, it’s the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever built. Motherhood didn’t pause my career; it made me build one that helps other women unpause theirs.
The first thing that hits you when you step into Chennai Central is the smell, part diesel, part coffee, part emotion. That smell is home. I spent every summer of my childhood here with my grandparents, watching Tamil classics like Server Sundaram and Thillana Mohanambal with my grandfather.
Years later, when I moved here for good, it felt like life had come full circle. From being the girl who once looked at the city from the outskirts, to now running a company right in the heart of it, Chennai didn’t just give me a career; it gave me a voice, a purpose, and a place that finally feels like mine.”