thane priti doke a 32yearold kharkar ali resident and a former interior designer does not worry about taking leave as her daughters exams near vrindavan societys minal gupta 31 has only one person to consult before going on a weeklong trip with her friends and that person is her herself in an era when hoards of people struggle to get into the retrace working their way up through life by flattering their bosses or killing themselves to follow deadlines and work schedules handed over to them by their superiors many like doke and gupta have carved a niche for them by going another way leaving behind lucrative corporate jobs that pay the big bucks these thaneites are opting for work at home initiatives whatever the reason maybe these entrepreneurs have hit upon the perfect career which allows then to spend quality time with their families indulge in hobbies not follow others rules and deadlines and take am many vacations as they please tois series on such work from home initiatives that will range on initiatives in cookery music classes graphic designing courses and much more will kick off with the tales of two strong will female entrepreneurs whose businesses have now picked up speed priti doke started her home based cookery classes paaksiddhi cooking classes after she had an accident six years ago and got facial pals a paralysis attack on the left side of her face the mother of one who till then was working as an interior designer decided to go back to her passion of cooking i started cooking when i was in standard vii i loved helping my mom in the kitchen as a part of my job as an interior designer i had to travel a lot i took every opportunity to go to the authentic cookery classes there and learn their recipes since i was at home after the accident i decided to use my skill to earn and share it with others doke said this also gave doke enough time to spend with her then fouryearold daughter in my one year recovery and therapy period my daughter got very attached to me she couldnt bear the thought of me leaving and rejoining work this further encouraged me to start my business doke said for her this job has been more of a long vacation than a career i love cooking and when your work makes you do what you love its nothing more than a huge vacation the best part of it is i get do use my creativity as i have only myself to please i also get to spend to learn new recipes because it helps my career doke laughed from the beginning doke has been operating from the narrow 250sqft living room within which groceries a gas an oven a folded out table and chairs for her students are kept for the past six years doke has taught a number of batches coming to learn making vegetarian and non vegetarian