'You must be truly happy within to spread happiness around': Kaveri Sachdev, Co-founder and CEO of My Pooja Box

Kaveri Sachdev is the Co-founder and CEO of Delhi-based startup My Pooja Box. The online-only brand caters to home décor, festive, and religious products.

Saturday January 23, 2021 , 4 min Read

Kaveri Sachdev, Co-founder and CEO of Delhi-based startup My Pooja Box, is an alumnus of Coventry University, London. She co-founded the online-only brand in 2017 to cater to home décor, festive and religious products.

"Our collections are infused with beautiful, vibrant, and unique products. We also curate pooja gift boxes that perfectly capture the essence of festivities in India," Kaveri tells YS Weekender.

Recently, we caught up with Kaveri to ask her questions from the Proust Questionnaire.

The Proust Questionnaire is about one’s personality. It has its origins in a parlour game popularised by Marcel Proust, the French essayist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature.

Here are Kaveri's answers:

YS Weekender (YSW): What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Kaveri Sachdev (KS): To me, happiness is being contented and at peace mentally and emotionally. You must be truly happy within to spread happiness around.

YS: What is your greatest fear?

KS: Death of a loved one.

YSW: What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

KS: I have a tough time putting my thoughts into words and expressing myself. I’m learning to get better at this.

YSW: What is the trait you most deplore in others?

KS: Thanklessness and unwillingness to change or grow.

YSW: Which living person do you most admire?

KS: My mother.

YSW: What is your greatest extravagance?

KS: My makeup collection.

YSW: What is your current state of mind?

KS: Relaxed and hopeful.

YSW: What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

KS: Intelligence. Professionally, yes, intelligence plays an important role. However, in life, I believe intelligence is overrated.

I’d be more likely to remember a kind-hearted person than an intelligent one.

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YSW: On what occasion do you lie?

KS: When the truth can hurt someone or cause more damage than good.

YSW: What do you most dislike about your appearance?

KS: Nothing as such. I’m very content with the way I am.

YSW: Which living person do you most despise?

KS: Thankfully, no one. There is no place for hate in my world.

YSW: What is one quality you most like in a man?

KS: Chivalry, there is something utterly charming about a chivalrous man.

YSW: Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

KS: I tend to overuse the word “perfect” to describe anything I like or approve of. I also use the word “bubs” quite a lot to refer to all my loved ones.