The day I told my parents I was quitting pharma to read charts
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The story of telling her parents she was quitting pharma consulting to read charts. Not the dramatic version — the actual version, which was quieter and stranger. Her dad went silent for two weeks. Her nani called within the hour and said something that Tara still thinks about. Button: her parents have come around approximately 40% of the way. Progress.
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My dad went quiet for two weeks. Not angry quiet — just quiet. No advice, no argument, no forwarded articles about financial stability. Just silence, which if you know my dad, is so much worse than yelling.
My nani called within the hour. She'd heard through my mom, obviously, because that's how information moves in our family — sideways, never directly. She didn't ask if I was sure. She didn't give me a lecture. She said, 'Main toh jaanti thi.' I always knew. Then she told me the year she'd first looked at my chart and seen it. That was the part I wasn't expecting. I've been turning that sentence over for three years now.
Here's the thing about leaving a stable consulting career to do Vedic astrology professionally as a second-gen Indian-American woman: nobody has a script for that. Not your parents, not your career counselor, not even the aunties who usually have opinions about everything. My parents have come around approximately 40% of the way. My dad will describe what I do to his friends now, which is genuinely more than I expected. My nani lights a diya on the days I have heavy readings. Progress looks different for everybody. This is what it looked like for me.
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The quiet version of the story. My dad didn't yell. My nani said three words that changed everything. #southasianwomen #vedicastrology #secondgen #diaspora
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