Mansi GoelMoonstruckWhat if we had arrived at the moon with a gift? What if we’d brought an offering of appreciation instead of a flag of conquest?2 min read·Sep 23, 2023----
Mansi GoelCan I wish you a happy new year and also call bullshit on ‘new year’?Wtf is a ‘new year’ anyway? It’s a way to mark both the passage of time and its cyclical nature. There are many ways to do that and today…3 min read·Jan 2, 2023----
Mansi GoelTalking to, not about, the world.This Christmas Eve, with my palm nestled in my beloved’s, I watched ducks bathe in the marsh as the sky above caught flame. Overcome by the…4 min read·Dec 27, 2022--1--1
Mansi GoelCelebrating Stanford’s White FeminismIn March 2020, after many meetings providing detailed feedback, I posted the following essay about my disturbing experience at the previous…10 min read·Jun 14, 2021--3--3
Mansi GoelOne simple way to support Indian-Americans and two bonus.Sometime in the mid-2000s, my cousin and I called each other excitedly during a Superbowl: Did you see that Indian guy in the Budweiser…5 min read·May 6, 2021----
Mansi GoelThe problem with ‘giving back’.In 2006, I spent a few months in India to help launch Google’s sales offices. It was a thrill to return as a professional to the homeland…6 min read·Apr 30, 2020--3--3
Mansi GoelThe flow of fear.I have, frankly, surprised myself with my steadiness in the face of a few crises this year, the covid-19 pandemic being the latest and…5 min read·Apr 5, 2020--2--2
Mansi GoelThe delicate beast within my breast.Something is alive in me. The fluttering in my heart is not its own beat, it’s the desperate wings of a baby bird, soft and yellow like a…·2 min read·Jun 22, 2019--1--1
Mansi GoelOne two-piece suit and three points bias.I don’t know why I paused on this video in my feed but idle curiosity kept me watching. A previous colleague, now CEO of his own company…6 min read·Nov 8, 2018--2--2
Mansi GoelBlack Panther breaks my brown heart.While waiting to meet a friend, I came across this wonderful essay on the new Black Panther movie. Even the abstract cut into me and…3 min read·Feb 14, 2018----