Trans and Fabulous Queen of Sarcasm here with lots of free gyan to distribute on a variety of topics! I say it like it is Baby! Without any filter!
My Work
Started my professional life when I was still in High School teaching C/C++ to engineering students. Moved on to a career in Software Development, developing eCommerce Applications for a few years before graduating towards Project Managment.
As a Project Manager with a strong Entrepeneurial drive, I built & managed Offshore Development Teams independently from the ground up with span of upto 50 developers. Coming from a Training background was an advantage as it built my Communication skills as well as Mentoring skills both of which came in handy when building up teams from scratch. Strong Communication skills in English and Regional Languages so Independently handled Customer Facing Roles translating Client Business Requirements into Technology Solutions and creating Action Points for the Development teams.
Moved to Bangalore to develop my first Subscription based Product. Frustration of dealing with VCs meant I built the business on the accruals model. Out of necessity, began a profitable "side-hustle" of developing BI-dashboards for small commuter/regional airlines and Real Estate Firms.
Finally Moved out of India in 2021 - a painful but necessary decision! Currently building a Product Company from scratch working on a couple of products on the Subscription model. I am working full time on a new subscription based Product
that will revolutionize the way Documents are managed in domains like
Law Firms and Real Estate. I need to find a way to fund my product
development - at least to the 1st Production variant stage. While
waiting for the funds, Me and the team are keeping busy developing a new
Social Media/Blogging platform. It has been a real challenge, especially raising funds for new projects, without access to Social Capital and Networks in a new country.
Personal Life
Army kid who grew up in a Cantonment and went to a Jesuit school – think that says everything about me! 🙂 Personally Conservative, but with Liberal, Secular Values. Despise religious bigotry of any kind!Growing up Transgender in a conservative country meant Friendships & Relationships were…Complicated! So like to keep myself busy with work and half a dozen hobbies – Touring by Car/Bike, Photography, Cooking, writing Short Stories, Blogging or just “Netflix & Chill”! Like Anushka Sharma’s character in the Bollywood film ADHM “Raayta hoon, faayl rahin hoon” (like the wind, I am everywhere)! Not a party animal and hate clubbing! Prefer quiet potluck dinners, BBQs or perhaps camping in the Jungle with close friends!
I had my first newspaper column published in 1991 when I was all of 14 years old - it was on the Rajiv Gandhi assasination. By 1998, I had graduated to writing Blogs on a platform called Open Diary and then AltaVista - remember them? AltaVista was the google of our time! Kids today might not even heard of them! 😼 Setup my own Wordpress Blog in 2003 - around 2 months after I bought my first Royal Enfield Motorcycle. That blog was the first to have Google Adsense. Over the next few days, I plan to bring over some of the more relevant articles from the old blog over to this platform.
While I work on my product across the next year, I will be posting daily updates on this blog including Aviation News, Politics, Travel, Airline Reviews and History in my free time. Its the one hobby I allow myself this year while I work on my product!
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These are a few of my favorite things!
Dream Job: Work for an Airline – would bring together 2 of my passions – Software and Aviation!
Favorite Food: Kerala Food and Italian.
Least Favorite food: Japanese sushi. Food should be COOKED!
What I look for in a man: NOT a UP Bommin – That is a mistake a girl only makes once!! 😉 Simple, Conservative, “Christian” values, serious about his career and keeps himself fit.
What destroys a relationship: Expectations. Toxic Control. Umbilical Cord to Mommy.
My Crush: Hrithik Roshan. Sonu Nigam. Michel Morone (DONT JUDGE!!!)
Favorite Road Trip destination: Ladakh.
Favorite Hobby: Jungle “ghooming” and Car-Camping. Off-road capable 4×4 SUV is a necessity not a Luxury! Had a Gypsy in India. Now running a Toyota 4Runner!
Favorite City: Tied between Prague and Nice. Love Southern France area.
Best Annual Holiday: Backpacking through Europe in under $2000 after a bad drunken bet with the Girl Gang!
Favorite Bollywood films – Chandni, any Gulzar film.
Favorite Hollywood films – Grapes of Wrath (old), Catch-22, Any WW2 movie.
Movie Character I identify most with: Alizeh played by Anushka in the Bollywood movie ADHM. I think that character is me! TOTALLY! 🙂
