Travel. Stories. Poetry.
WAR IS UGLY. This is something people don’t realize. It costs lives. It costs resources. It costs somebody their home and somebody their everything. It is ugly. Someday, try getting out of your comfy zone and walk into the war zone. You will realize people living there holding onto this one emotion predominantly in every decision they make. FEAR.
For a second, the world paused for me. A lot of times, sitting in the high rise buildings, taking multiple stakeholder meetings, looking at statistics, making policies for social welfare, often we go far away from the on-ground impact. Mere numbers don't always inspire us to do work around social welfare. It is the anecdotes that do the magic. These stories are extremely powerful in driving us. They deliver the message on how an entire army of people come together, design policies, provide medical facilities, to ensure the welfare of disadvantaged people. This is what gives us hope.
Here’s my journey at IIT Madras and how I ended up switching fields - A confused, cautious and tough decision for one to make.
This was a simple and local solution that worked. It empowered people to pursue their dreams. Be it establishing mills, doing farming, starting a small scale venture, the villagers of Jorba were able to live on their own and come out of poverty. This model was an inspiration to expand Grameen Banks to all over Bangladesh and to other parts of the world.
Did you ever feel oppressed and blamed the world for it? Did you ever feel guilty for all the comforts you have? Did you ever think on how privileged you are in this world? The answer to these questions is a Privilege Walk.
We running after modernity in the disguise of development is what is taking us away from villages and self-reliance. Our villages today are protesting for almost everything like water, minimum price on crop and livelihood.
No, I am not talking about the song by One Direction, although I absolutely love it. I am talking about what makes you beautiful amidst the ridiculous societal beauty standards of shape, size, and color. There is often a mirage of societal validation around the concept of beauty. You are used to feeling beautiful only... Continue Reading →
TO THE MAN who had the audacity to pull up a chair, sit infront of me and tell me my dress is unruly and disgusting - with all due respect to your age, Can you stop polluting the air with your sound waves? ⚠️ While adoring my Indian-ness through pretty clothing for the last 2 weeks at... Continue Reading →
