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My Long Walk To Freedom
Poem by Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur written on the eve of India’s Independence Day August 14, 2024 Who can be considered free? Am I free? I had been contemplating for long, With the limited knowledge I possess This is my truth today, Apparently, my motherland might have been free, But I am far from being…
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Stepping Into The Unknown
The post by #phdtroubles caught my attention. As I looked hard at the image below, I couldn’t help but agree that it is the correct depiction of a research scholar’s life. And when you are in it, it is super scary and unnerving. I have been there! Looking back, being thrust into the unknown, constantly…
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Sustainability Lessons From My Grandmother
Photo: With my ‘ammaji’ and younger siblings in 1996 Sustainability is a buzz word these days. Strangely, the more I am delving into the realm of sustainability, the more I find myself missing my grandmother. Had she been alive, she would have celebrated her 106th birthday! To me, sustainability as a philosophy, encapsulates the natural…
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We Are No Changemakers
I had the privilege to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meet 2024. Every year #wef annual meeting welcomes representatives of more than hundred governments, all major international organizations, more than thousand forum’s partners, civil society leaders, experts, and social entrepreneurs. For five days, Davos Switzerland nestles new ideas, programs and visions where problems are…
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My New Year Wish
Here we are at the brink of a brand new year, yet again, I would say. I always consider New Year as an unopened gift. And, I have always been in complete love with the new beginnings. There’s a magic to it. Having lived four decades, I am aware, the next 365 days are a…
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December & Orwell
It’s the last month of the year. A time to reflect, take it slow and prepare ourselves for the newness that life has to offer. But before that can happen, we need to empty ourselves. And that’s easier said than done. Well, I have developed a few coping mechanisms. I have recognized the magic of…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part III
Satyagraha: The Soul Force Gandhi’s philosophy is universally applicable thus, surpassing the time and space timeline. What if the millennial posed questions to Gandhi, today? Will Gandhi’s response have any impact on them? Because, they are born in a completely different era. A world, that has changed beyond recognition due to the technological revolution. As…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part II
Tear Down The Purdah What is feminism? Google identifies feminism as a noun, which means the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of gender equality. Gandhi’s hallmark had always been bringing ‘everyone’ be it an industrialist or farmer, student or teacher, artisan or weaver, men or women, literate or illiterate – everyone into the…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part I
Our Shame What is our shame as an individual? What is our shame as an Indian? What is our shame as a global citizen? The shame is that the social evils for which reformers, educationists, and visionaries across generations and continents, laid their lives be it Socrates, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Martin Luther King Jr.…
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No One Right Way – My Ishmael
Indeed, there’s no one right way 😊 ‘No one Right Way – My Ishmael’ is based on my unindented thoughts post reading Daniel Quinn’s My Ishmael.