I was born in Kenya to upper-middle-class Indian parents. Both educated. Both were extremely happy at the birth of a girl child. I have always been treated at par with my brother. Taught to be fiercely independent, opinionated, well-read, and allowed to chase my dreams. We moved to India in 1994, as a lot of the people we knew were moving back due to educational and familial reasons. Excelled in school, bagging top-ranking positions not because I am intelligent or clever but