Butterfly Effect

Artist, philanthropist, loving wife and doting mother Michelle Poonawalla gives Arundhati De-Sheth a peep into her luxurious Pune home and otherwise fiercely guarded life​

- Arundhati De-Sheth

You will never find Michelle Poonawalla less than perfectly put-together—always impeccably dressed in designer dresses and dizzying heels, darkened eyes, and her signature thick fringe. Elegant and exceedingly polite, she is the classic example of an extrovert-introvert, someone who effortlessly plays the role of the glamorous fashionista, poised on the arm of her husband, Yohan Poonawalla, at their family’s annual derby (Poonawalla Breeders Multi-Million). Or she is a reticent philanthropist, who spends a large part of her time conducting art workshops for children with special needs. But away from it all, and at the end of her comparatively unglamorous job at the family factory (Serum Institute of India), she winds down at the iconic Poonawalla House.