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Veena Nellissery Sethuraman

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Three things people don’t know about you?

I am obsessed about aliens, I live to eat dosas, I feel lost when I use twitter.

What’s your greatest fear?

Not using my privilege in a meaningful way. I am equally scared of moving away from me and losing the essence of who I am because of external distractions like success, achievement, wanting to please people or be liked by everyone.

What is your greatest achievement?

I changed many limiting behaviors and beliefs in me to create the life I prefer to experience. I did this with the help of therapy. Coming from a background which deeply stigmatizes mental health and therapy space, I see breaking that stigma in me and leaning on that space to become my better version as the greatest achievement. My flexibility and openness to experience life as is and allowing the learning to happen is also my greatest gift and achievement.

High point of your life?

Now

Low point of your life

When I went through postpartum depression

Which living person do you most admire?

Too many people to list. I love human beings. So, I have a long list of people whom I admire.

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Vidya Bagchi - Kahaani, Udayamoorthy - Unnal Mudiyum Thambi

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

Joker

Who are your favorite authors?

Sidney Sheldon, JK Rowling, Ruskin Bond, RK Narayan

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Harry Potter series, Sherlock Holmes series, Many lives many masters, Nine lives, All books of RK Narayan.

Is there a book you love to reread?

Harry Potter. Have read the entire series 9 times.

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

5-7, Cloud Atlas, Jo jeeta wahi sikandar, Manichithrathazhu, Unnal mudiyum thambi

One Superpower you wish you had?

Teleporting

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

She got away with it.

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

I would revisit my vacation days during childhood in Pollachi (Tamil Nadu) when I spent the time with my maternal grand parents. Wouldn't go for any other space than where I actually spent my childhood, adolescent, adult life and silver years.

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

Singing or Painting. Actually, both.

Which book you wish you had written ?

Ruskin Bond's - 'Falling in love again"

When and where do you write ?

I write as and when I feel like writing from the heart. I don't have a specific place preference. Wrote this book in different corners of my house, some meeting rooms in my previous office and some places where we had our family vacation.

Silence or music?

Silence on the days I am tired. Ilaiyaraja music on all other days.

One phrase that you use most often?

We are called human beings and not human doings for a reason. Just be.

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

None. Thank the Lord.

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

Balarama - comic books for children

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Write for yourself. Feel all the feelings that come you way. Never try to imitate others in the process.

Veena Sethuraman is a Learning & Leadership Development Consultant by profession and a Psychotherapist by passion. She loves the art and science behind human behaviours and enjoys the intricacies of life. As a life-long learner, Veena enjoys juggling between her various passions including healing self and others through therapy, facilitating behavioural workshops, writing, binge-watching, reading and traveling.

Veena is a proponent of diversity & inclusiveness and mental health awareness. In this capacity, she works closely with LGBTIQ community to amplify their voices and is a board member of the community based organization ‘Queerala’ based out of Kochi. Veena has spoken at TEDxBangaloreWomen based on her observations about trollers. She lives in Bangalore with her family.

You can reach her at veena.sethuraman.author@gmail.com.

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Achievements

Veena has spoken at TEDxBangaloreWomen based on her observations about trollers.
She has contributed to articles in various platforms including thenewsminute and infinumgrowth.
She holds PCC certificate and works with leaders/executives in the space of purpose-driven life coaching.
She published her first book, A Pinch of Hope in a Bowl of Life, an anthology of 5 short stories that invokes hope and courage through real life inspirations.

Why Veena Sethuraman?

You must look at hiring/booking/contact Veena Sethuraman as a motivational / keynote speaker for her journey of passion and determination in building her career in the competitive world. Hailing from a small village in Palakkad, Kerala, Veena has broken the shackles of the society and her own mind to be where she is. As a psychotherapist, she understands what makes someone hide their light. As she constantly works on her inner world, she deeply connects to the inner world struggles of the audience she interacts with and helps them seek a journey that they are generally scared to take.

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Debashis Biswas

With more than 15 years of experience in book sales and distribution, Debashis currently oversees Leadstart’s business activities in eastern India and neighbouring countries. He has previously worked with several leading book publishers and distributors.

Walid Jalal

Walid has 7 years experience in online listing & marketing Working in SEO firm & Publishing sector. He worked in a Restaurant as a Manager in Sharjah for two years. He loves cricket & cooking.

Jayati Sarkar

Jayati has been into literature studies and has pursued her Mphil in Australian Aboriginal Poetry from the University of Calcutta. She is an avid reader and her love for books has brought her to the field of Publishing. For years she has explored the other side of the book as a reader and now she works with Leadstart as the Senior Executive in the Editorial Department. Her work profile includes working closely with Authors, managing the projects from end to end and also working with national and international publishers for management of Secondary Rights.

Ashwini Jadhav

Ashwini has about a decade’s experience in design. She is a Master of Commercial Art, who has worked in the publishing and advertising sectors as a visualiser & designer. She was judged as the third best in the state, when she finished her foundation course in applied art. She is a practicing calligrapher in Modi Lipi (a script in the Marathi language) and is a Rangoli artist who has won several accolades in those domains. During the popular Ganesh Chaturthi festival, several idols of Ganesha in varying sizes get made, one the most important finishing touches to the idol is that of painting the eyes, which Ashwini has practiced to perfection and does it for hundreds of idols every year. In addition to the above, she is also a trained classical dancer, a national level Kabaddi player and loves cooking.

Ananya Subramanian

Graduation in journalism and love for books, led Ananya to take up a career in publishing. With her experience in the field, she has come to believe more and more in the power of stories and the people who tell them. She is a vegan and an animal-lover; and loves to dance, tend to her pet plants and often find solace in solo travelling.

T. Vijay Kumar

Vijay has over a decade’s experience in supply chain management working in India and the Middle East. He heads the production, supply chain and receivables management for Leadstart. Prior to his current role at Leadstart, Vijay worked in inventory management for five years, in Abu Dhabi.

Iftikar Shaikh

Iftikar has a decade & half years of experience across publishing and the banking sectors in the finance domain. He enjoys working on numbers and loves uncovering stories that the numbers tell. A fitness enthusiast, he loves trekking and travelling.

Maneesha Arun

Maneesha has an experience of over two decades in the content industry spanning over publishing, media and secondary rights business domains. She has a deep interest in psychology.

Mahendra Rawat

With more than a decade’s experience in book sales and distribution, Mahendra comes from a family immersed in the book trade. He worked with several book distributors and publishers before his current assignment with Leadstart.

RAJESH KRISHNAN

With more than 15 years of experience in book sales and distribution, Debashis currently oversees Leadstart’s business activities in eastern India and neighbouring countries. He has previously worked with several leading book publishers and distributors.

Rajesh Krishnan

Rajesh comes with over 3 decades of experience spread over various business domains. He oversees Leadstart’s business development & sales across southern & western India, Sri Lanka and Middle-East. His hobbies include dancing, trekking and travelling

Pooja Dutt

Pooja has over a decade’s experience in operations, sales and people management in various business domains. She loves to interact with authors and helps them meet their publishing goals. She is fond of travelling & cooking.

Bhavika Bharambe

After completing her MBA in marketing, Bhavika has focused on roles that helped her to become an experienced marketing professional today. She has worked for brands from various industries; Educational, Tourism, Retail, Entertainment, Airlines, Banking and more. She loves to spend her time by reading books and listening to music.

Naina Solanki

Naina leads the project management and author support functions at Leadstart Publishing. She is fond of being abreast of the latest developments in technology and is a keen learner of the six sigma methodology. She loves reading and travelling.

Preeti Chib

Preeti has a decade’s experience in brand and communication management with most influential and innovative media companies. She is passionate about building brands by translating consumer insights into product innovations and campaigns. She is a compulsive reader and considers a day gone without some bit of reading a day wasted. She loves reading stories to her children every night. A lover of visual art, to delve a bit deeper into the same, she took up formal training for design as well.

Malini Nair

Malini is passionate about Literature and Business Management. After her MBA (Marketing) from St. Xavier’s, she took up roles that involved sales, marketing, costing, MIS etc. in multiple sectors like Banking, Insurance, E-broking, and even the Steel industry. Eventually, her passion for languages and books compelled her to re-route her career to literature. This led to a career break and a Masters Degree in English Literature; post which she took up a role at Wordit CDE & Leadstart, enabling her to work towards both her passions.

Chandralekha Maitra

With two decades of experience as a book publishing professional, Chandralekha began her career as a features writer and columnist, working with publications across India, before moving into book publishing full time, with India Book House. She received her training in editorial title management from Book House, London. Over the years she has worked with some of the finest publishing houses in India and overseas, and across genres and markets. She has also worked with Osian’s-Connoisseurs of Art, India’s first auction house, gaining in-depth exposure to research and publishing in the fine arts-antiquities-cultural heritage genres. Additionally she has had a parallel, specialist career in Human Resources, working at Group HR, Tata Group, among others. She continues to write, train and mentor in this domain as her publishing commitments allow.

Raj Supe

Aka Kinkar Vishwashreyananda, Raj Supe is a poet, storyteller and novelist, as well as a seeker and devotee of Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath. An MBA by education, his career spanned advertising, research and creative consulting, before devoting his time to literature and spirituality. His works include Three No Trumps (novel), Sagarika Anusagarika [Echoes of Nine Rivers] (poetry), Pilgrim of the Sky (spiritual memoir), and translations of religious texts such as Cloudburst of A Thousand Suns and Jai Jai Ram Krishna Hari. He has also worked on film scripts with Ram Gopal Verma and Ashutosh Gowariker, and on plays with Makarand Deshpande.

Dr. Rabindra Kumar Nanda

An alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Stanford University, Dr Nanda is also a National Science Talent Search Scholar. He holds five Patents and is a published author of 50 national and 52 international research papers.

Swarup Nanda

Swarup has over a decade and half’s experience in multiple business domains related to content. Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, he has worked with a couple of MNCs in the media space. His passion for literature and books is his motivation for building Leadstart.