ʃiː wʌz ˈɛdʒuːkˌeɪɾᵻd æt ðɪ ˈɔːlbˈɔɪz bˈoːɹdɪŋ skˈuːl, ðə dˈuːn skˈuːl, wˌɛɹ hɜː fˈɑːðɚ, wʌzɐ hˈɪndi pˈoʊɪt ænd æz wˈɛl æz ɐ tˈiːtʃɚ wɪð pˈɛn nˈeɪm “ʃˈeɪlɛʃ”.
She was educated at the all-boys boarding school, The Doon School, where her father, was a Hindi poet & as well as a teacher with pen name “Shailesh”.