Darsha, a passionate learner, holds a bachelor’s degree in science and law. She holds postgraduate degrees MBA (Gujarat University) and a PGPX (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad). She is also a Company Secretary (FCS and ACIS, London). She practised as a Company Secretary for 17 years before taking Senior Management positions in Reliance ADAG and later at Educational Initiatives, where she led multiple teams to develop advanced interactive software to teach languages (Gujarati and Hindi) and mathematics. At present, she serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of a few companies. Darsha is fond of swimming, travelling, music and painting.

She has translated about a dozen English books into Gujarati, written and published a few travelogues in Gujarati and edited many more books. She wrote a popular weekly column, 'Not-out@80', in the digital edition of the popular Gujarati magazine Chitralekha for over three years. 'Not-out@80' is read by millions of Gujaratis spread across the Globe. She has been organising a Gujarati Story Writing Competition (Story-Fest) every year since 2016, for School students and Teachers. In 2021, she created the World Record for compiling and editing the bulkiest book of handwritten stories (more than 2000 stories, 12,500 pages, 25 kg weight)!

This book in the English language, on a self-publishing platform, is her maiden effort to connect with young and old, in India and abroad, to explore our roots.