"I've always been more interested in the why than the what. That's probably true of most things in my life, not just work."
I was good at maths from the start. Not just competent — genuinely interested. Numbers made sense to me in a way that felt almost intuitive. Economics, accountancy, business studies — all A* at school. Not because I was trying to build a career, but because I found the ideas interesting.
Delhi University for B.Com Hons felt like the natural next step. And then the CA qualification — partly because it was the most demanding thing I could attempt, and partly because I wanted to understand how businesses actually work underneath the surface. Three years of live client work while studying for one of the hardest exams in the world. That period shaped a lot about how I think.
At Vijay Mukesh & Co., I worked across sectors I had to understand quickly — manufacturing, freight, financial services, non-profits. Each client was different. Each set of books told a different story about how that business was run, what pressures it was under, what decisions its people had made.
The work that stayed with me most wasn't the most technically complex. It was the moments when something didn't add up and I had to keep asking why until it did. The SBI audit was one of those — large scale, high scrutiny, no room for loose ends. I learnt a lot about what it means to be thorough when the stakes are real.
Passing my CA exams in November 2025 was the milestone I'd worked towards for years. London came next — a new country, a new profession in many ways, and a clean slate.
I've spent the time here doing things I found genuinely interesting. Attended Accountex. Sat in the room at the ICAEW Global Summit. Got certified in Xero and UK VAT — not to tick boxes, but because I wanted to actually understand how things work here. And then I built this website. Learned GitHub from scratch. Used AI tools daily. That last part surprised me most — I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
London has been good. I've met interesting people, had conversations that changed how I think, cooked a lot, walked in some genuinely beautiful parks, and eaten more chocolate than I'd like to admit.
Building things, mostly. This website. A clearer sense of what I want. A network of people in London I genuinely like talking to. Some decent recipes. A guitar chord I've been stuck on for three weeks.
I know the kind of person I want to be — someone who keeps growing, stays genuinely curious, does work that matters, and builds relationships worth having. The plan isn't written on paper. It's built into how I show up every day.
If any of that sounds like someone you'd like to know — the Let's Talk page exists for exactly that reason.
First — thank God. For everything. The opportunities, the strength to get through the hard parts, and the people he placed in my life.
None of this happens without the people behind it. My mum has always stood by me — through every exam, every difficult stretch, every moment of doubt. She never made me feel like the path I'd chosen was too hard or too much. That kind of quiet, steady belief does something to you. It makes you braver than you'd otherwise be.
My brother is my backbone. He's the person I go to when I need to think something through properly — not for reassurance, but for honest guidance. He asks the right questions and tells me the truth. That's rarer and more valuable than most people realise.
My husband is my strength in this chapter. He encourages me to do better — not out of pressure but out of genuine belief in what I'm capable of. Having someone in your corner who sees more in you than you sometimes see in yourself changes everything.
I don't think of anything I've done as mine alone. It belongs to these three people too — and to my whole family, who in their own ways, seen and unseen, have always been part of the journey. And to every teacher, senior, and mentor who took a moment to guide — those moments added up to more than they probably knew.
Not lessons from a textbook — ideas I've tested against real experience and found to be true.
Every variance has a human decision behind it. The skill isn't finding the error — it's understanding why it happened in the first place.
Reading about something and being inside a conversation about it are completely different. I've learnt more from one event than months of articles.
It's easy to accept the first answer. It takes effort to keep asking. The interesting thing is almost always one question further in.
Being able to say something complex in plain language — without losing the nuance — is a skill worth working on deliberately.
Every time I've moved into unfamiliar territory — a new country, a new system, a new tool — the uncomfortable part was also the useful part.
The best things — skills, understanding, relationships — need time. You have to keep showing up while they develop.
A kind word, a shared idea, a few minutes of your time — the things that matter most to other people often cost you very little. Worth remembering.
When the basics are taken care of — showing up, doing the work, not making excuses — everything else gets easier. Structure isn't a cage. It's a launchpad.
You don't wait to feel grateful. You notice things — small things, ordinary things — and say so. It changes how you see everything else.