Dec 23, 20212021: My Year in Review2021 has been the most spiritually significant year in my life so far. I faced some familiar experiences I had seen in the past, however my response to them was so different — a lot more acceptance and being in the present moment! It was truly laudable from my perspective…20215 min read
Mar 30, 202130 years of being Anuja!Celebrations are in order — I have completed 30 revolutions around the Sun! What? I cannot believe this myself and so can’t my parents — for them, I’m still that tiny little hand that caught their finger, swaddled tightly in green cloth, and changed their lives forever along with my…Family4 min read
Dec 9, 20202020: My Year in ReviewI read through my 2019 review post before starting to write about my 2020 experience. Well, I had a lot of expectations from 2020 and there’s no surprises about how that went down. 2020 was a globally shared nightmare. However, to keep the promise I made to myself, I am…Introspection5 min read
Oct 5, 2020Attending vGHC 2020: Celebration of learning in the time of CoronaWithout diversity, we will always reach the same conclusion. — Megan Rapinoe This impactful message, delivered by Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of US Women’s National Soccer Team and two-time World Cup Champion, at the closing keynote of vGHC 2020 (virtual Grace Hopper Celebration 2020), not only presents a powerful statement in…Grace Hopper Conference5 min read
Dec 21, 20192019: My Year in Review2019 been a BIG year for me, also one of the most challenging years I’ve had.Life Lessons3 min read
May 20, 2019Everybody says I’m fine.Everybody has a different life journey and a different story. All of us have seen days in the sun and cloudy days as well. No two people’s life experiences are the same. At any point of time, a person might be riding on the crests of life or trudging through…Books3 min read
Nov 12, 2018The Delayed Acceptance of LossStaying away from family, for work, in a foreign land, I have accepted that I am going to miss out on a few things: listening to the familiar radio stations playing familiar songs while I get ready every morning, hanging out with college and school friends at our often-frequented cafe’s…Death4 min read
Jul 12, 2017Data do-gooding with DataKind DataCorpsThose who know me personally, know that most of my decisions are always influenced by potential for large positive impact. The fact that I work for Medidata is just one demonstration of that. Ever since I started working in Manhattan in February 2016, I had planned volunteering with DataKind as…Data Science3 min read
Published in Code Like A Girl·May 16, 2017Looking through the tweets: Mother’s Day 2017On 14th May 2017, people all over the world were expressing their love for their mothers on social networks, may it be posting pictures or sharing touching stories about how their mothers have shaped and impacted their lives. …Data Mining3 min read
Published in Code Like A Girl·Mar 7, 2017Walking the Python-R BridgeFor those who want to use the best of Python and R together! Background For one of the projects at work, in the Data Science team, we have most of our analytics capabilities and scripts written in R. We wrote an R package for our analytics use case. We use AWS…Python6 min read
