March is Women’s History Month, and the theme this year is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”
To celebrate the stories of women in the learning and development field and multiple education spaces, we reached out to internal and external partners and thought leaders to talk to them about their professional lives and the stories that have inspired them.
At ansrsource, we believe in the power of storytelling to educate, connect, and enrich people’s lives. We are grateful to the women who chose to share their stories with us. We hope you enjoy learning about the women we spoke with as much as we loved speaking with them.
Happy Women’s History Month!
Deepthi Krishnamurthy, Senior Editor at ansrsource
Q: What is your favorite part about working in Learning and Development?
All the learning! Over my 5+ years at ansrsource, working on various projects in various capacities, I find myself constantly paying attention to language and the process of learning. As I teach myself things, be it writing, art, personal finance, or yoga, I find this attention enriching.
Q: Who is a woman you looked up to as a child or one you look up to now?
I am not sure I can say I looked up to them, but growing up, I observed outlier women (women who were rebellious, powerful, eccentric, etc.) around me closely. I think I was noticing how they gave themselves the permissions that society didn’t.
Someone I looked up to more clearly was my English teacher in high school. She helped me appreciate language and instilled a love for it.
More recently, I found inspiration in the Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai. She was a trailblazing writer who took risks that writers of her time (40s/50s) didn’t often take. In her memoir, A Life in Words, she talks about navigating the patriarchy and the rigid world of her time with refreshing lightness and humor.
Q: What is your favorite kid’s book?
As a child, I read my first poorly abridged, tattered version of Alice in Wonderland but knew there was something about it I loved. After reading several other even worse versions (by which time I was a teenager), I finally found the original. It became an instant favorite, which it continues to be. I found Alice’s capacity for taking risks disturbing at first and exciting in subsequent readings.
Q: If you could introduce your community to something you’re really interested in right now, what would it be?
Podcasts! I love the medium itself. It has somehow expanded my attention span (which had contracted during the pandemic).
Two of my favorite podcasts are in the format of deep-dive conversations:
1. The Seen and the Unseen by Amit Varma, featuring long conversations (some of them over 4 hours) on economics, history, policy, literature, gender, etc.
2. On Being by Krista Tippett, featuring holistic reflections on science, poetry, spirituality, among other subjects
About Deepthi Krishnamurthy:
Deepthi Krishnamurthy is a writer and editor. She lives in Bangalore, India, with her eight-year-old daughter. She is a senior editor at ansrsource.
About ansrsource
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