Vangmayi is the daughter of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and economist Parakala Prabhakar. She is a feature writer at Mint Lounge and married to PM Narendra Modi's special duty officer Pratik Doshi. In December 2021, a reported personal essay I’d written on the cultural phenomenon of keeping cats as pets, was published in Cat People, an anthology published by Simon & Schuster India. The book is available on Amazon, and at most local bookstores in India. Vangmayi Parakala , daughter of India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, leads a private life despite her prominent family. With a background in English Literature and Journalism, she works as a feature writer for Mint Lounge. NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman 's daughter Parakala Vangmayi tied the knot in a low-key ceremony at her home in Karnataka, on Wednesday.