Introducing Self

Hello World

Here I bring my window view and my hopes

Shalu Bajaj Ahuja
The EXPANSION
Published in
5 min readAug 19, 2021

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We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. — Maya Angelou

Introducing myself as somebody has never been easy for me. Earlier, when I was learning to speak, words befell short. Now, knowing the language doesn’t do any good either. No words can express the quandary of knowing self and stories that the mind creates about others because of self-awareness.

Each time a quandary in me finds the balance, I discover a new part of me. So, I am DIP, aka. Discoveries-in-progress.

I am a DIP, aka. Discoveries-in-progress

Roots of my being

I started to orbit around the Sun, from the point on Earth identified as India, in the year that today has a fancy description beyond mm/dd/yyyy — micro-generation on the cusp of Generation X and Millenials. I am a Xennial.

Like most people of that generation, my early exposure to life is an ever-evolving community: the neighborhood where everyone…

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Shalu Bajaj Ahuja
The EXPANSION

An engineer & manager by education, people leader by profession, and Parent Coach & children’s book author by passion!