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NEHA KHANNA
Welcome to my blog. The posts here sit at the edge of the professional and the personal. I write about the things that follow me home from the boardroom — the big questions that show up between meetings, in quiet afternoons, in conversations that run longer than they should. Investments, philosophy, mental health, and everything in between.
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The Rooms You Were Meant to Walk Into
Years in the consulting and investing world teach you many things — how to read a balance sheet, how to spot what's overstated, how to know if you’re betting on the right person. But the quietest lesson, the one nobody puts on a slide deck, is about relationships. Not networking. Relationships —not those that end with a business card exchange but the ones that outlast the transaction that brought two people into the same room. I've spent enough years watching how people build

Neha Khanna
4 days ago2 min read


Don't let me go
It’s all fading, into corners of my mind where I can’t see Those phrases I’d repeat, the melodies I’d sing, the familiar footsteps of my...

Neha Khanna
Aug 1, 20252 min read


A Heart's Journey
In the circle of my heart and the darkness behind my closed eyes (“chidakash”) Lies a world without words—only strokes of myriad colors....

Neha Khanna
Mar 27, 20253 min read


Flow
Emote but with control, they can’t be seen The flow of your tears get wiped away lest the stream wash out the forts built to keep...

Neha Khanna
Apr 13, 20241 min read


Timeline
The ecstasy of a new connection, turning into the comfort of a familiar one Authentic conversation over a chance encounter, or familiar...

Neha Khanna
Feb 20, 20241 min read


Safe spaces
An old teenage favourite song playing on the radio The stories narrated by an old friend A plate full of nostalgic food on a slow...

Neha Khanna
May 8, 20231 min read
Femtech - Empowering Women
Women are identified as mothers, daughters, wives and caregivers who are resilient in any circumstances. Being the prime caretaker of...

Neha Khanna
Apr 28, 20233 min read


The Irrational Brain
The rational mind works hard all day, making us function in a heteronomous world with norms, rules, practices which help us fit in. And...

Neha Khanna
Dec 31, 20221 min read


The eternal optimist
Happiness is a stable state and almost sounds unreal given how time moves. How then does a country become the happiest with 33 measures...

Neha Khanna
Oct 28, 20222 min read


The walls, they see
Setting my alarm to go through the mundane routine, When the sun would come streaming through the windows To resume the story after the...

Neha Khanna
Jul 6, 20221 min read


The Lasting Lasts
We revel in our firsts – footsteps, words, playschool, job, date, child and more. The firsts are a precursor to all that lies ahead and...

Neha Khanna
May 2, 20222 min read


Has winter come?
Everyone in (and on the sidelines of) the startup ecosystem has witnessed the euphoria of the year gone by with an unprecedented level of...

Neha Khanna
Apr 28, 20222 min read
The Great Shift: 21 months of the 21st Century
The past 21 months have changed the course of history. It takes 21 days to build a habit; imagine what 21 months might have changed?...

Neha Khanna
Feb 11, 20223 min read


I am (?)
“There is one within me who is more myself than myself” - Saint Augustine The biggest fear today is discovering our own selves. The...

Neha Khanna
Sep 5, 20212 min read


Silver Linings
Unprecedented times, with the strangest dichotomy playing out in our lives. I’ve never witnessed the strength of collective humanity...

Neha Khanna
May 7, 20212 min read


Life's a box of chocolates - but do you get to pick?
In the sea of myriad options, there lies a row of lifeboats called choices – each carrying you to a different shore. I’ve spent hours...

Neha Khanna
Mar 18, 20212 min read
#Trending - What does the future hold?
The world is changing faster than we can keep up and there’s more than what meets the eye, with pieces of the puzzle that haven’t yet...

Neha Khanna
Jan 31, 20214 min read


Impermanence
All of childhood was spent in the seat of a truth about the permanence of being – the lives we’re meant to build, the relationships that...

Neha Khanna
Dec 29, 20202 min read


Starting Up with the Power of Vulnerability
We’re born free and uninhibited – we cry to express discomfort or hunger or sleep. Children are known to speak their minds, without the...

Neha Khanna
Sep 8, 20204 min read


Are you living?
With restless nights about broken dreams Playing to the yearning of this moment Not of what it is but all that it could be We toss and...

Neha Khanna
Jun 2, 20202 min read
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