Shikha Pakhide has been a working professional for the past twelve years and has worked across several different industries. She is the Marketing Manager at Bentley Systems India Pvt Ltd. At present, she is settled in Pune with her family and has no plans to retire any time soon!
Tell us about yourself, your background and what you do currently
I create the zing factor in Marketing! Books are my best friends, Tea is my favourite beverage and travelling to different places is my hobby. I am a Storyteller.
Tell us about any current projects or initiatives you wish to promote
I recently completed two writing projects; ‘Define 36’,which is a collection of short stories and ‘The Lift Saga’, which is a novelette. My third project revolves around motherhood and will be released early next year.
I am a working professional, while juggling two children – a daughter who is two and half years and a son, who is nine months old. I am also a debut author. I would like to emphasise that ‘I have no time’, is a myth and should not be an excuse to work towards your passion.
What has been your biggest challenge in achieving your success?
To wipe out the ‘guilt trip’ that I am not able to spend twenty-four hours a day with my babies.
What has been your greatest achievement personally?
To self-publish my first book and then within two months of releasing that, finish the second book.
If you weren’t doing what you do now, what would you be doing?
I would have been a dancer.
Who has been your biggest inspiration?
My mother. She has instilled the belief in me that we are a result of our own actions. There is a guiding force above but the miseries and sorrows we receive are because of our own doing. Nobody can write the present, past and future for a person.
What does the future hold for you?
Lot of new projects, travelling across the globe and churning out two books every year.
Visit: www.shikhashikz.com to read ‘Define 36’ and ‘The Lift Saga’
