Poornima Jha grew up in Chennai, though her roots are from Darbhanga, Bihar. She lives in Nuremberg, Germany with her husband who is her biggest fan and supporter. She has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an Executive MBA from IIM Kozhikode. Alongside managing a team of embedded software programmers in her day job, she is a lifestyle blogger and a marathoner. She has travelled to several countries on adventures.
She wrote "Need Over want", her debut book, which took shape after years of blogging on her website lawsofpositivelifestyle.com. The blog was where she had been pouring the lessons from her lifestyle experiments so far. At work and outside, she yearns to be a serial skill-collector. She balances her free time by juggling between – running full marathons, cycling long-distances, dancing, swimming, playing badminton, stitching, painting and carpentry.
Hello Ma’am, The sessions I have with you have been very helpful so far. As requested, please find my thought diary from the last week below. Nov 1st:The question that keeps revolving in my
“Welcome Home!” Rati stood with a balloon in hand greeting her husband into the house. Kamal always broke into a laugh watching her be a kid. He joined in. “Happy to see you too”, pulling the
Shikha walked in at a graceful elephant like pace into the cafe. The Cafe had barely a few people this Saturday afternoon.The noise from the bowling in the next room traversed to this cafe. Shikha
In the movie Sabrina, Audrey Hepburn says “Paris is always a good idea.” I couldn’t agree more. Having lived and worked in Paris for a year, I can vouch for the truth in this idea.
This is my first year in Germany. Before I become fully integrated and stop observing the quirks in German culture, I thought I would record my thoughts on it. Some of the aspects of German culture
Lisa held the steering wheel tight, praying for the mysery to end. Her car charged through another red signal. She squeeled as she barely escaped from hitting a motorbike on the way. Her heart was
I am writing this blog mainly to cover the points that I wish someone had told me before moving to Germany. These are bare minimum essentials and it is surprising not much content is written about
Akhil was looking at the pictures from last holiday. He thought he looked happy with Shikha together at the beach. They were holding hands and smiling in the sunkissed photos with no filters. He
In a land of Serasca, everyone mourns at the birthday of someone. Those who celebrate their birthday die that year. No one, not even those who want to commit suicide, want to celebrate birthday. Ajo
Preetha sat down at the table with a cup of tea and a file. Keerti was jumping with joy next to her chair. The smell of jasmine from Preetha’s hair filled the room. She had let the pallu of her
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