About Me

I am not too young, not too old, 

I am not too lame and not too mature. 

Once someone asked me, why I work as an IT professional when I can write and when I can also paint. My reply was "IT is my karma (duty & actions); while writing & painting is my dharma (truth & beliefs)..." Both are equally important. Along with fulfilling karma, following the dharma helps to be constantly aware of the being, the soul, that in turn helps in fulfilling one duty rightfully. 

Our soul is something that defies age and time. It has been there ever since. My name, Roohi, has connotations with being full of soul. Yet, I have been a quiet person who spent years living in the background, learning to observe the world before ever finding the courage to speak within it. 

For most of my life, words lived inside me, not on my tongue. I grew up as a child who spoke very little, often misunderstood as shy, fragile, or invisible. Selective mutism shaped my early years and taught me the language of silence long before I knew the language of voice. So I created this blog, Soulful, as a bridge between my timeless ethereal soul and the world outside. Soulful is my quest to find myself through my musings and brushstrokes - a glimpse through my words and colours about my wanderings and experiments at self-improvement.

I aim to build this place as a comfort zone for the quiet ones — the deep feelers, the soft hearts, the thinkers, the women and men who grew up between cultures, expectations, and identities.

It’s for anyone who ever struggled to speak, not because they lacked ideas, but because their inner world was too rich, too fragile, too sacred to verbalise easily.        

Through this blog and my podcast, I share:

•  stories shaped by silence
•  lessons from pain and healing
•  reflections on mental wellbeing
•  insights from being a woman of colour navigating different cultures
•  the courage to grow slowly, softly, and soulfully

I’m not here to teach.
I’m here to connect.
To speak gently and honestly.
To remind you — and the little silent girl I once was — that quiet voices matter.

I’m grateful for your presence. Thanks for stopping by my virtual space in making as I create it by adding little drops of colours here, and some grains of words there.                                              

If any of my work resonates with you and touches your soul, please do acknowledge the connection by leaving a note.     

Hoping, our rendezvous will last forever...  :) 
      
Stay soulful,

~ Roohi ~