Birth & Beyond

Bali. D. Sanghvi

A resident of the ‘City Of Joy’-Kolkata. Right from school and all the way to college, she was partial to literary pursuits even though she graduated in Accountancy, Honours. She successfully embarked on a novel journey and started an online book rental library by the name myonlinelibrary.co.in in 2009, which has grown to include a member base of over 120 people. She is an accomplished writer with numerous stories published in the Chicken Soup For The Soul Series. Currently, Bali is working on her first graphic novel: 'My Frozen Embryo' which depicts the journey of a woman from infertility to conception.

Vidhi Beri

A global citizen completed her graduation at Boston University in Business Administration as well as Communication and her post-graduation at University College London in Urban Economic Development. Her work in the last five years has been dedicated to research in the field of social and economic development in India and abroad. Her notable projects include a field study of the maternal health system in Uganda and a parliamentary alliance on the issue of supply chain exploitation and the living wage. Vidhi has also been working as a Business Development Manager at Catalyst, a social development company dedicated to fostering links between the corporate, donor, and NGO sector in India and USA, for the last two years.