I’m not a writer — so who am I? Well, that depends on who you ask. To my colleagues, I’m a coach and a facilitator. To my nine-year-old niece, I’m the fun-loving human who can conjure up the best Maggi noodles. To my friends, I’m the over-thinker who dives deep into every topic. And to my parents, I’m simply their independent adult child.

If you asked me to describe myself, I am a storyteller. Two years ago I did a psychometric assessment and my strength came out to be a, ‘narrator’ and I chuckled at myself and thought, couldn’t have come up with something more useless. The other people in the room took pride in words like, ‘planner’ and ‘time-optimiser’ while I tried to figure out what can I do with narrator as my strength?

And then a Medium video creeped into my Youtube algorithm, and the more videos I watched on repeat, the closer I got to my answer. If you haven’t already guessed it? The answer was narrate. Now, the key question was what do I share?

Topping India in Class 12th with 99% (Equivalent to A levels/ ATAR), I knew I had to get out of Delhi. Don’t get me wrong, I am a Delhi ki Dillwali at heart, but the traffic, the noise, the political drama was getting to me. Didn't know there was an opportunity right around the corner and long story short, I celebrated my 18th birthday at NUS, Singapore. Before that, I had never sat in a plane, let alone, know that the world was so vibrant and diverse. What do you mean people were not married at 24 and they could choose to be any letter in the LGBTQIA+? The exploration for more had now begun. As my stint at Singapore ended, I backed a scholarship at Melbourne Uni short after and climbed my way up to the land down under!

Behold, please stand by — I surely cannot narrate everything in one go. But here’s a taste of the stories coming ahead — tales of success, failure, and immigration. Celebrating being Australian, treasuring the Indian in me and stories of life in-between.

Curious about what’s next? Stick around as I embark on this journey of narration. Maybe that psychometric test wasn’t so off-base after all!