Sarika, Author at BD Foundation

Learning from 2020 : The Year of Resilience

by Sarika | Jan 2, 2021 | BD Voice, Professional Development

While it was a difficult year for most of us, I believe that 2020 is also a year of Resilience! When I look back and reflect on all that I learned over the past year, I value all the lessons it has taught us. Go with the flow: At the end of 2019, I decided to take up...

Apple doesn’t care about competition, Why should I?

by Sarika | Mar 29, 2019 | Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Every Day Heroes, Leadership, Mentoring Matters

I was 8 years old when I tried to ride a bicycle for the first time. My brother gave me a little push and I was doing pretty well till I saw another kid zoom past me. I tried to give a chase and went straight ahead to hit a pole. I was so embarrassed that I never got...

Organizational Culture embracing inclusion

by Sarika | Nov 15, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Inclusion, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Professional Development

This festive week, I was planning to upgrade my television to smart TVand my friends suggested to check out the online deals. Being a fan of amazon online, the app kept tempting me with the uber expensive new iphone as well. Similarly, Netflix keeps suggesting my...

How diversity as an idea is evolving

by Sarika | Nov 1, 2018 | BD Voice, Gender, Inclusion, Inclusion Champions, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Woman of Influence, Women Matters

“Mom, we won the match!” shouted my 12-year-old son as he got home from school. “Akshi was too cool. She took the last goal in the last 4 minutes to spare”. I was pleasantly surprised to hear him raving about his teammate who is a girl playing in his school soccer...

The Cost of Silence

by Sarika | Aug 31, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Every Day Heroes, Gender, Inclusion Matters, Inspirational Women, Safety, Woman of Influence, Women Matters

For past few days, I had been deeply disturbed by the horrific stories of young girls being raped by the very people who were supposed to be their guardians in the shelter. More disturbing was the fact that many people knew about this, in fact, heard their screams but...