Notion Press · 2020
Positive Thoughts
What Runs In My Mind
A collection of encouraging quotes for pre-teens, gathered from the age of nine and written when she was eleven.
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 52
- ISBN-13
- 9781637143674
About
Miraya, unbridled
Miraya Dadabhoy is a dressage rider from Chennai. She had her first riding lessons at four and came back to riding after six years away; she has competed since 2022, nationally and internationally, and has been selected to ride for India.
Alongside riding, she is curious about food: what athletes eat, and what the food system throws away.
She has also carried that curiosity onto the page: a book of encouraging quotes, a published piece of food-science research, and ATHLeat, a book of recipes shaped by her life as an athlete.
As of Sep 2026
Now
Grade 12 student
MCTM Chidambaram Chettyar International School, Chennai
IB Diploma Programme
- Higher level
- Biology · Chemistry · Business
- Standard level
- Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches · English Language & Literature · French ab initio
Quick facts
- Home
- Chennai, India
- Discipline
- Dressage
- Trains at
- Chennai Equestrian Centre
- Coaches
- Isabelle Hasleder and Vikas Pandey
- First ride
- At four
- Competing since
- 2022
- Roles
- Dressage rider · Student · Author · Researcher
- Honours
- SDAT High Cash Incentive
- Champions Development Scheme
- Mission International Medals Scheme
- Gold School Colour Badge
Books and research
Writing
Sep 2026 · Research article
Upcycling Coffee Silverskin as a Functional Ingredient in Brownies
Food Marketing & Technology, September 2026, pp. 12, 14.
Words by G2 · 2026
ATHLeat
One Plate Ahead
Simple, wholesome recipes shaped by her life as a competitive equestrian and a student: from quick breakfasts and school lunches to post-training meals, snacks and treats, each made for one.
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 100
- ISBN-13
- 978-8168930414
Buy on Amazon(opens external site in a new tab)About ATHLeat
Community
Beyond the saddle
Apr – Jun 2026
Riding instructor
Designed lesson plans and taught more than 50 riders, ranging in age from 6 to 50.
Sep 2025 – Mar 2026
Director of International Affairs
Interact Club (Rotary), MCTM
Beach clean-ups, charity runs, school painting drives and Yoga Day.
Jun 2021 – Jul 2022
Origami tutor
Ran online origami workshops for more than 100 orphaned children, during and after the pandemic.
Source: Forbes India(opens external site) (11 Jul 2020)
2019 – 2024
Animal welfare
Bake sales and handmade resin-art coasters to fund the rehabilitation of rescue dogs.
Jun 2024 – present · Chennai Sunflower City
One seed at a time, across Chennai
Co-Founder & Youth Connect Ambassador
A citizens’ movement that began with a few sunflowers in one Chennai garden and grew across the city. In June 2024 Miraya co-founded its Youth Connect branch, to bring younger people into urban greening.
- sunflower seeds shared
- 300,000+
- active growers
- 300+
Across the whole movement.
I have seen firsthand how one small idea, nurtured with care and shared with others, can grow beyond a garden and inspire an entire city. Sometimes, all it takes is one seed, one idea and one person willing to help it grow.
With children
Art, soil and seed
She helps organise art and seed-planting workshops for children: preparing soil, planting seeds and caring for the plants, with field trips to sunflower sites around the city.
Chennai Airport (pictured)
Cleared for planting
At the seed drives at Chennai Airport she handed seed packets to travellers and locals, inviting them to grow sunflowers of their own. She also prepares and packs the seed packets for the public drives.
Exchange
Show and grow
When students and faculty from George Washington University visited, she presented the project’s story, its greening strategies and its impact on the community.
She also creates the movement’s Instagram posts and reels.Sunflower photographs
Also
- PADI Open Water scuba diver
- Nine years of piano (Trinity College London)
- Seven years of Aikido (4th Kyu)
- Speaks English, Hindi and French
In her words
I was always fascinated by animals and loved horses as a child.
Source: SheThePeople(opens external site) (12 Feb 2025)