Karishma Mehta (born 5 March 1992) is the founder of the photo blog page Humans of Bombay which launched in January 2014, and author of the related book Humans of Bombay. [1]

Karishma Mehta is an Indian entrepreneur, writer, and photographer. She is well recognized to be the founder of the website ‘Humans of Bombay’ as well as the author of the affiliated book Humans of Bombay.

626K Followers, 809 Following, 1,063 Posts - Karishma Mehta🇮🇳 (@karimehta05) on Instagram: "Big things start small 🚀 @officialhumansofbombay"

Inspired by the Humans of New York (HoNY) website, Karishma Mehta started Humans of Bombay in January 2014, by traveling around Mumbai and asking people questions about their lives and for permission to take and upload their photographs and their answers to her website.

Feb 3, 2025 · Humans of Bombay CEO Karishma Mehta shared a series of event from the first month of the year 2025. The Mumbai-based entrepreneur also shared about her decision to get her eggs frozen. Karishma’s January photo dump listed ‘some personal wins, some professional’. It featured her posing with Abhay Deol to attending the much-talked Coldplay ...

Mehta has been walking the streets of Mumbai documenting stories of random strangers since January, 2014. Her Facebook page now boasts of 5.8 lakh followers, and features nearly 1,000 stories...

In 2014, when Karishma Mehta started Humans of Bombay as a simple Facebook page, the intention was simple: to tell stories, to connect strangers with the emotion of, ‘You’re not alone.’. But there were eye rolls, gasps, and multiple comments like,‘Get a real job!’.

May 26, 2021 · Karishma Mehta founder of Humans of Bombay. Imagine your child graduated from a prestigious university and decided to take a year off to just “get in the right headspace?”

5 days ago · Humans of Bombay CEO Karishma Mehta explained her decision to freeze her eggs as an "insurance policy" against the declining fertility of women over 35, particularly for unmarried women whose timelines for having children are less predictable. Experts agree that women are increasingly prioritizing career and personal goals, leading to delayed family planning, and egg freezing offers a way to ...