Jagruti Verma, Author at Arré

Dreamy Careers: How I Got Caught in the Vortex of ‘Following Your Passion’

Being passionate about my work has helped me navigate the worst of times, but lately, my career feels like a never-ending maze. It makes me wonder if chasing my passion was even worth it in the first place.

Jagruti Verma July 13, 2016

POV

How Adulthood Changed the way I Look at the Festive Season

As I’ve grown older my perspective on celebrations and the festival season has changed to accommodate the anxieties of adulthood, at the expense of convention.

Jagruti Verma June 25, 2016

Gender

Navigating the Great Indian Workplace as a Woman

Workplaces are evolving, but as a working woman, it is nearly impossible to instinctively reach out for opportunities without evaluating the gendered risks of that leap.

Jagruti Verma June 21, 2016

People

Neeraj Chopra, 2021’s biggest star and saviour

After a brutal second wave that had dented a country’s confidence to perform the bare minimum, an unheralded, humble young man stepped into the shoes of a saviour we didn’t know we needed. Thank you Neeraj Chopra for reinstating our self-belief.

Jagruti Verma June 16, 2016

POV

Living Between Cities: A Search for This Feeling Called Home

Modern life is all about migration and being on the move for work. But living between cities, while fetishized has exacted a toll on me that I did not see coming. I can call two cities my home, but rarely feel homely in either.

Jagruti Verma June 2, 2016

Technology

Bengaluru’s Self-Claimed Culture of Innovation Cannot Rescue the City from Falling Apart

Considered the hub of innovation, Bengaluru’s infrastructural problems are at odds with every app-based solution its brightest minds try to sell as a ‘solution’ to a problem. Beneath its veil of ambitious, lip-smacking valuations, there is a creaking city waiting to be rescued.

Jagruti Verma June 2, 2016

POV

The Things I’d do to Avoid Holi

Whether it is the workplace or the neighbourhood, conning Holi and its rituals has become regular practice for me. So much so I have plans, both mental and tangible, to make sure I survive the week.

Jagruti Verma May 28, 2016

Coronavirus

Yes there’s a Pandemic still, but have we Lost the Resolve to Care?

The third wave is here. It’s screeching through India’s cities and smaller towns, but the suffering of these two years, has perhaps, inured people to respond with anything but a shrug. It’s still life and death, but we are now struggling to even care.

Jagruti Verma May 24, 2016

Gender

How the Mumbai Local Liberated Women Like Me

Cities can be unforgiving spaces for young women who want to step out and make a life of their own. Given the circumstances Mumbai’s trains are heaven sent, for women like me.

Jagruti Verma May 24, 2016

POV

My Love-Hate Relationship with Influencers

Some days I want to burn a gazillion calories and get a six-pack and on other days I want to cook my favourite meals, be a glutton and accept myself as I am. The problem is there are an equal number of people on social media giving ‘gyaan’ on both, and I tend to endlessly switch between the two.

Jagruti Verma April 21, 2016