Growing up in Santacruz, Apeksha Nimesh Purohit was always surrounded by creativity, thanks to her father, a writer. However, life took her in a different direction—she developed an interest in engineering and went on to become an electronic engineer. As she began her professional journey and moved to Dubai in 1997, the writer within her never truly faded. It simmered quietly, often surfacing in the form of a few lines of Hindi poetry scribbled in her notebook.

While raising her children and managing the demands of life, Purohit dedicated the next 10 years to her work as an electronic engineer. But poetry never felt like work—it came naturally to her. The Mumbai-based mother shares, "We returned to India in 2007 because my husband's presence was needed to manage a family business my father-in-law had started earlier."