Journey of Microsoft Employee Shaheena Attarwala From Slums To Apartment Has Won Hearts

Shaheena Attarwala has made the best out of the challenges thrown at her by life, and her journey from the slums of Mumbai to Microsoft and the spacious apartment in Mumbai is nothing but inspirational. 

Attarwala is a Design Leader at Microsoft and her Twitter thread is about her life journey. She shared the story dedicated to her life in the slums of Mumbai.

Shaheena Attarwala: Her Journey From Mumbai Slums To Microsoft

She mentions the Netflix series named Bad Boy Billionaires - India which captures the birds-eye view of the slum in Bombay she grew up and showed that one of the homes shown in the picture is hers. She left the place in 2015 to build her life. Attarwala also mentioned that the public toilets shown in the show were not present before. 

"Like me, millions of families in India live in poverty and are unseen by you. Their only hope is that an average educated Indian will ask the right questions to people in power and that can change their lives.", she wrote. 

Attarwala moved along with her family from the Darga Galli slum close to Bandra railway station to a well-ventilated apartment surrounded by birds and greenery from where they could see the sky and have good sunlight. 

As her father was a hawker and slept on roads in their early part of life, she attributes all to the "hard work and picking battles that matter" to living the life of dream. He moved in from Uttar Pradesh and earned living in Mumbai by selling essential oils. 

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Explaining to people about the meaning of poverty in India, she wrote- "Anyone who talks to you anything apart from the actual problem a poor Indian is facing is fooling you and selling you propaganda. If you are not convinced take the opportunity to live in a slum or village for a few days reality will hit hard."

Shaheena Attarwala completed her Bachelor's in Law degree from Mumbai University and later completed her Diploma in Visual Communications and Design from NIIT. She has also worked as Director Of UX in Zoomcar and currently serving as Experience Design Manager in Microsoft. In her role at the technology giant, she is leading M365 growth design and research in emerging markets.