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Meera Sodha

INTERVIEW ANITA CHAUDHURI

Life is not linear in the way that I expected it to be. I’ve been made redundant three times, which is more than I would have wanted. I have done a lot of different jobs, from running a dating agency to making documentaries, but I can join the dots backwards to see how it was all preparing me for what I do today.

What I value most in life is open-mindedness and curiosity. I ended up in this career because of a two-minute conversation.

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