“I had fallen in love with my ex-husband at 14 years and we were in a long term relationship for 8 years before deciding to tie the knot after which, I remained married to him for about 9 years. My life came to a standstill when one fine day, he decided to abandon me and my child all alone and abscond without so much as a note.

I was destroyed as one can imagine. I have been a professor at SRM university in EEE department for close to 8 years and I was on a career break when this happened. Edging on the brink of bankruptcy, I hit an all time low. But this is where the universe helped me build myself up through my parents. Their unrelenting support and love helped us to find our footing in this world once again.

I started to invest all my time and energy in doing things that I really enjoyed doing – content creation. I began to make a name for myself as an influencer on social media platforms. Meanwhile, fortune decided to smile in my favour when I landed a job in one of the big organisations referred by a friend. I joined as a CRM and an additional HR role. From there, I am now moved onto the team of sales which would allow me to explore all the other gambits of a business wing.

In the meanwhile, I have also learnt to dabble in multiple passion projects of mine including make-up, emceeing, modeling and so on! I was recently awarded the first runner-up in the Mrs. South India beauty pageant They say in order for change to happen, we have to let go of things that are no longer serving us. Looking back now, I am grateful to my husband for leaving me because I would never have had the guts to walk out of that toxic relationship and establish an identity for myself.

Today I want to stand as the voice for so many women who are currently undergoing a similar fate. I know it takes immense courage to step out of something toxic and build something for ourselves but we can find our voice only when we no longer allow others to muffle and stifle us. Even when this sounds privileged, I hope this story serves as someone’s survival story to move out of a life of toxicity and into more empowerment and liberation.”