I'm a senior at Barnard College, Columbia University studying economics, still trying to build my version of what my father built. I've sat on a plastic stool in a Delhi market talking to vendors about permits and informal credit, worked inside a fintech startup in Milan where I saw how quickly a good idea runs into regulatory walls, and spent time with early-stage investors in New York learning how capital actually moves. The question I keep asking is the same everywhere: who does this work for, and who gets quietly left out? I don't always have the answer, but I've found that asking it tends to take you somewhere interesting.
I also shoot black and white film, coach peers through public speaking, and built a South Asian community at Columbia. I try to show up fully in everything I do, which sometimes means asking the question that makes the room go quiet.
