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It takes nothing to be kind to people, have you given it a thought???

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The motto of our group is community living and no competition within the group,we only compliment each other.

This year our group Eat Pray and Love that has 300+ people predominantly from the food industry met on a Sunday evening for High tea and early dinner.

My heart felt gratitude to Nirupama from Hanu Reddy residences who always gave us the venue to host our events, she has been doing it for 3yrs now and promised to do so forever!

The evening started with organising the pot luck. Home style food was extra delicious with that main ingredient that goes in abundance “love” everyone who got food for the pot luck was breaming with happiness when they got to know that their food was super special.

We had our round of photo session, networking and a quick few minutes introduction talk by me. I tried my best to talk a little about everyone present at the event and also talked about the food on the table so everyone knew what they were eating.

We had decided zero wastage of food and so organised takeaway containers. Now this was a big hit and everyone decided on their menu for Monday ( the next day) breakfast lunch and dinner, I personally was very happy because wastage is something that makes me very sad.

We also had return gifts by Gud fud box that make sweets and savouries using millets, honey from Ambrosia and biryani by Al safa biriyani.

The food was lavish spread by our group members. Cheese platter with condiments, 3 varieties of biryani of which one was vegan jackfruit biryani, Punjabi samosa, Patti samosa, paneer roll, lemon tart, vegan curd rice ( peanut curd) malida ( Bohri sweet) vegan mysurpa, sabudana khichdi, caramel custard, srilankan sambol and Korean watermelon drink.

The list of food purely talks about the diversity in our group, yet we are all bonded over food.

This post is my heartfelt gratitude to my community without whom Eat Pray and Love does not exist!

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What did Women’s day 2023 at DriveStream, India look like for me!

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This one is for the men at DriveStream, Chennai, India.

“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale. And that’s what the men at DriveStream  did for us women on this special day.

I don’t know where to start but let’s do it from when I entered the office the decor and vibe was splendid to know that you did it all by yourselves talked a million words.

The exchange of hampers was such a heartwarming experience specially for me, since I got to do it with my favorite Lakshmi who unconditionally takes care of our needs every single day. I made a new friend today, Guna who came across to me to hand over my hamper and I got to meet her for the first time and understood her hidden talent of how gracefully she can dance.

For the first time I got to witness so much talent all on one floor ( though it required a little persuasion and also meant me shaking my legs to ensure other girls felt comfortable to join the dance floor) but once the mood was set in there was not much to do but just sit back and enjoy rest of the afternoon with so much excitement and fun. I made so many new friends and was jumping with excitement like a teenager in college.

The cake was not only beautiful but was so tasty that I gobbled up a few pieces ( that’s very not me)  The lunch was more of a festivity and community dining it was. 

The highlight of the day that we spent was a beautiful comradeship that we all built around us by realising that each person is gifted with a skill that is unique and that appreciating each other and applauding another person’s talent is what talks about one’s kindness.

Be the woman who fixes another woman’s crown without telling the world that (it) is crooked. … Be kind! We never know the battle others are fighting. I hope that we can all find a way to lead with an open heart and assume positive intent.”

Thank you my dear men colleagues for creating an environment on this special day for us to cherish!