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The Dreams Have Morphed. The Urgency Has Not I Decoding Draupadi
 A conversation with Bipasha Biswas, Brand Manager at Classmate, ITC Limited, who let go of a design dream, climbed mountains, just became a mother, and still wants to dance in the rain Bipasha Biswas has worked in storytelling at Pratilipi and now builds brands at...
Patience Is a Virtue. Tolerance Is Not I Decoding Draupadi
A conversation with Jinal Patel, Senior Brand Manager at a rapidly growing startup Jinal Patel is 26. She has worked across community building, public relations, client servicing, and brand management. She published her views in her masters’ dissertation on the impact...
The Challenge Is Not Choosing Between Ambition and Balance. It Is Finding a Way to Have Both I Decoding DraupadiÂ
A conversation with Aditi Nagpal, Brand Manager at Safari Industries India Ltd., who built a marketing career without an MBA, across fashion, lifestyle, consulting, beverages and consumer brands, and is still working out what sustainable success actually looks...
Being Enough and Becoming More Can Coexist I Decoding Draupadi
A conversation with Ritesh Kumari, Senior Project Manager at DTDC Express, who grew up in a small village in Haryana, studied at SRCC, graduated with a Gold Medal, failed UPSC, published a poetry book, became a mother, and is still building Ritesh Kumari's story...
Your Non-Linearity Is Not a Liability. It Is Your Edge I Decoding DraupadiÂ
A conversation with Apoorva, Growth Marketing Leader who has spent seven years building growth engines across fintech, hospitality, e-commerce, entertainment, and mobility, and who will tell you plainly that growth marketing is a boring process, and means it as a...
Ambition and Well-Being in the Same Hand I Decoding Draupadi
A conversation with Sayali Kalsekar, Brand Manager at Pittie Group, who grew up in Vengurla, built a career across food brands, customer experience, sales, and marketplace growth, and is now learning to measure a good life by more than what she has ticked off ...
The Artificial Structures We Built Around Success I Decoding Draupadi
A conversation with Shimee Gupta, Director at Meesho and a seven-year P&G veteran who decided to redefine success on her own terms Shimee Gupta has spent her career at the intersection of legacy brand building and hyper-growth consumer internet, moving from...
You Don’t Have to Earn the Right to Slow Down I Decoding Draupadi
A conversation with Ishita Paliwal, brand builder and marketer, on what it really takes to launch something new, why emotional memory is the only metric that matters, and what happens when a high-functioning person finally stops performing. Ishita Paliwal...
What Looked Like Randomness From the Outside Was Just Me Collecting Context I Decoding DraupadiÂ
A conversation with Shivangi P Deshpande, Brand Marketing Manager at Tira, on why India never moves in one direction, what rest actually means when everything is loud, and why jack of all trades might just be the whole point. Shivangi P Deshpande is a...
Don’t Compare Your Chapter 1 to Someone Else’s Chapter 10 I Decoding Draupadi
A conversation with Priyanka Agarwal, Deputy Director FP&A at PepsiCo, on bridging the gap between finance and people, what high performance actually costs, and the resilience she inherited by simply watching her mother live. Priyanka Agarwal is a gold...