I quit my job at KPMG and moved to India to become a poet. I was sick of only getting to live life on weekends.

Namrata Yadav quit her job in KPMG and moved back to India to pursue her passion of becoming a writer and poet.

Namrata Yadav

• Namrata Yadav has always loved creative writing and poetry.
• She said law school, research, and finally consulting at KPMG failed to bring her fulfillment.
• So she quit her job, moved back to India, and is now trying to establish herself as a spoken-word poet.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Namrata Yadav, a 28-year-old consultant-turned-writer based in Mumbai...