You go to Macy's and everything is from India. India has really influenced the fashion industry in terms of fabrics and colors from Paris to Hollywood.

They see the total poverty on the news or see the glamour. There's a lot in between.

We want to keep the traditions alive. For ourselves and our kids who grow up away from India.

Just ask for what you want. I requested a six-month break from Facebook to visit my parents; I asked to switch projects. I told my husband it was time to get married after six years of dating!

Engineers love to optimize problems. Now I optimize logistical problems. I ask: 'What's the goal? What are our constraints? What is the optimal, elegant way to get to that goal within those constraints?' I break it down in terms of a data funnel: 'Where in the funnel are we inefficient?' That analytical background really helps.

The stock market trend is surely up and the gains in the first three days this week have wiped out the earlier correction. If the fund flow continues then the rally will carry on, or else we could see a consolidation.