<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Vithyaa Thavapalan ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vithyaa Thavapalan ]]></description><link>https://www.vithyaa.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:30:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.vithyaa.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Women are starting businesses. The problem is what happens next.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What India's new entrepreneurship campaign and Australia's first Gender Index tell us about the gap between starting a business and actually growing one.]]></description><link>https://www.vithyaa.com.au/post/women-are-starting-businesses-the-problem-is-what-happens-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ca99dac0d7a57cc49f046</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:27:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5820e8_99e5148160bd48ae9404ded7f8c905ce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vithyaa Thavapalan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian, Until Someone Decides You’re Not]]></title><description><![CDATA[As families wait for news of Australians missing in Nepal, racist commentary has added another layer of pain by questioning whether brown Australians are “really Australian.” This piece looks at the cruelty behind that rhetoric, the narrow definition of Australianness it exposes, and why belonging should never be conditional on skin colour, surname or heritage.]]></description><link>https://www.vithyaa.com.au/post/australian-until-someone-decides-you-re-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a96a76d16a2f4a7938bb724</guid><category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:22:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5820e8_041b09c154534316968b38e1f58193f2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vithyaa Thavapalan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolly Parton, an icon that never rebranded!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dolly Parton built one of the most recognisable personal brands in the world without constantly reinventing herself. From her music and Dollywood to the Imagination Library, everything she built came back to the same values, story and sense of self. This article looks at what entrepreneurs can learn from a woman who evolved her empire without ever losing what made her unmistakably Dolly.]]></description><link>https://www.vithyaa.com.au/post/dolly-parton-an-icon-that-never-rebranded</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a90f52db26be70df89143bd</guid><category><![CDATA[Case Studies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:03:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5820e8_e5d5a18415e44844b2c47212f10a3cb6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vithyaa Thavapalan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Do When the People Around You Don’t Believe in You]]></title><description><![CDATA[When people don’t believe in you]]></description><link>https://www.vithyaa.com.au/post/what-to-do-when-the-people-around-you-don-t-believe-in-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a91010f35809d196a3f9368</guid><category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambition]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5820e8_6663268cec694086821cd4376b6ad356~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Vithyaa Thavapalan</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>