Agarwal is counted among the most influential women in Indian media and even made the Fortune India's 40 Under 40 and GQ 50 Most Influential Young Indians lists. For Agarwal, a self-made woman entrepreneur, empowering women around her has been a top priority. Dreaming bigAfter completing her A-levels from the British School in New Delhi, attending Delhi University's Maitreyi College, and gallivanting around the country with pop singers like Anamika and Shibani Kashyap, Agarwal's first brush with a real job came in 1998 at a website in India's capital. After working as a copywriter at an ad agency, Agarwal moved to write for Mid-day's lifestyle section and then headed MTV India's romance and sexuality section. On the side, Agarwal wrote a popular gossip column for Mid-day called Mumbai 24 with Malini. With a membership costing roughly $10 a month, Agarwal set up a WordPress Account in 2009.Miss Malini was born. "At the time, there were no bloggers in India so I guess I'd pop up," Agarwal said. Read more