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  • All Ideas, Including Eating Protein, Need a Go-to-Market Plan: Why the Best Communicator Wins, Not the Best Thinker

    A good idea is not nearly as important as explaining someone else’s idea better. On thought-leader theatre at work, WhatsApp-group democracy, and the aunt who finally convinces your parents to eat protein.

    Neha Thapar
    September 28, 2026

  • Busy Building the Future: Why AI Was Supposed to Give Us Our Time Back

    AI promised to hand us our time back. Instead it filled every saved minute with more work — on monsoon, markets, and the book still waiting on the nightstand.

    Neha Thapar
    August 7, 2026

  • The Audacity of Caring Too Much: When Work Gets Personal in Your 40s

    Somewhere in my mid-30s, work stopped being about money — and started being inconveniently personal. On caring too much in a senior role.

    Neha Thapar
    June 4, 2026

  • AI Anxiety and the Fantasy of Early Retirement: A Midlife Career Reckoning

    I’m scared AI will take my job. I also fantasize about not having one. A very stable midlife career reckoning.

    Neha Thapar
    April 11, 2026

  • One Foot in Goa, the Other in a Teams Meeting

    Counting down to a Goa holiday while the calendar refuses to cooperate. On working right up to the last minute.

    Neha Thapar
    June 18, 2025

  • Lights, Camera, Wait — Where Do I Look? Filming a Corporate Video

    What happens when a quick office video shoot turns into a full production and you are the reluctant star.

    Neha Thapar
    April 29, 2025

  • Post-Pandemic WFH: The Glorious, Glitchy Era of Working From Home

    Five years after swearing off offices forever — still in joggers, still muting myself, still defending my snacks.

    Neha Thapar
    April 22, 2025

  • 7 Ways to Increase Your Social Media Presence (That Actually Work)

    Seven practical ways to grow your social media presence — consistency, hashtags, engagement, and the rest that actually moves the needle.

    Neha Thapar
    December 21, 2022

  • WFH Dreams vs Reality: Working From Home in Lockdown

    The gap between the work-from-home fantasy and the actual thing, written from the first weeks of lockdown.

    Neha Thapar
    April 16, 2020

  • I’ve Got Your Back: On Mentoring and Who Actually Shows Up

    Every trip to India means everyone wants a piece of you. On guidance, generosity, and who gives back.

    Neha Thapar
    September 12, 2019

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Glitter in my greys

Because midlife deserves more sparkle and less subtlety.

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