About Me — Manasi Kudtarkar

Who am I? Hmm… I’ll tell you when I know for sure.

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I’ve been reading and thoroughly enjoying About Me stories for some time. This publication is just fantabulous! I loved

Itxy Lopez

’s quirky little story,

Shruthi Sundaram

’s journey of exploration, and so many more… But I’ve procrastinated writing my own.

I didn’t know where to start. I imagined myself staring at the computer and twiddling my thumbs for hours. But more than anything else, I procrastinated because I was afraid. Afraid of asking myself the question, “Who am I?” and then telling the entire world about it.

Aren’t we all a little nervous about asking ourselves that question? I’ve never been able to place myself in any of the boxes society created. But before you get lost in my esoteric, meandering psychobabble, let me back up a bit and tell you a bit about:

· My Background
· Career-wise
· My Interests
· Who am I?
· My Work

My Background

I was born and brought up in Bombay (they’ve renamed it to Mumbai but for us millennials, Bombay by any other name just ain’t the same). My childhood was boringly normal. Our parents raised me and my sister in a very loving and protected environment. So, any…