Life Updates
Public milestones, conversations, and work-in-progress reflections
Featured at the Pune Book Fair (2025)
Seeing The Real-World Consulting Playbook on shelves at the Pune Book Fair was quietly humbling.
Over 200–250 copies found their way to readers—many of them strangers who chose thinking over hype.
For a first-time author, that means more than numbers. It means resonance.
Grateful to every reader who picked it up, paused, and engaged with the ideas. This is just the beginning.
Delhi Book Fair (2026)
Seeing The Real-World Consulting Playbook at the Delhi Book Fair felt like a moment of quiet continuity.
By then, the book had crossed 500 physical copies, finding its way to readers who value clarity over shortcuts.
What stood out wasn’t volume, but intent—professionals stopping, browsing, and choosing ideas that ask for thought, not applause.
For an independent author, that kind of engagement signals something deeper than reach.
Grateful for the conversations, the curiosity, and the growing circle of readers.
The work continues.
A Personal Note
On a quieter note, the Delhi Book Fair also offered a full-circle moment — meeting Sanjay Gupta, the creator of Raj Comics, whose work shaped much of my early reading years.
Long before consulting frameworks and leadership books, stories were where curiosity, ethics, and imagination first took root.
Some influences stay with you longer than you realise.
Conversations & Interviews
Alongside the book fairs, the past few months have also opened space for conversations — interviews and recorded discussions around work, consulting realities, and the quieter questions professionals carry but rarely articulate.
These weren’t promotional exchanges, but reflective dialogues — touching on experience, decision-making, identity at work, and the long arc between ambition and meaning. A few of these conversations are already live on Instagram, with longer-form podcast discussions set to follow.
Thoughtful conversations have a way of clarifying ideas — for the listener, and for the speaker alike. I’m grateful for the platforms that made room for that exchange.
