I was born in Bangalore, and grew up between my grandparents' home in Bangalore and with my mum, dad and brother in Chennai. I grew up with stars in my eyes, hoping to do medicine in the hope of "helping people", until I…
I have a dream; a vision where all beings and living organisms live in harmony…. everyone lives in peace, and balance has been restored to the planet. Women and men, alike, embrace all their feminine and masculine traits; or…
A year has passed since I was given the honour of being an impact leader, and such a lot of amazing things have come from my journey so far.I am so excited to share a bunch of new and exciting updates about Saahas. Today,…
Namaste, Salam, Shalom, Peace, Paz, Pyeongwha, Heping, Heiwa, Pace, Mir, Over the past 16 years, I am honored to say that I developed a plan for WOMEN to unite the people of the world and lead a new global peace movement! I…
I delayed justice for myself for eight long years by keeping quiet about my injuries from the man who had vowed to protect me in the church in attendance of close to a thousand people of our congregation. What kept me away…
My background/inspiration: I have always been a compassionate, feminist (who believes in equal rights for everyone). I firmly believe that I chose this life, the people and events in them, for a reason. My own personal…
World Pulse began with a dream of this visionary woman who dared to listen to women's imprisoned voices more than the noises of the status quo. We are surely grateful that Jensine took hold on her dream and birthed it into a…
On September 11, 2001, at 6:00 PM, IST, I was getting my hands decorated with henna. It was something I wanted for long – the very idea of designs etched onto your palms with the exuberant smell of the wonder leaf was a…
A few months after I set foot into activism, I wrote to a very close friend and asked if they would be willing to support me in my work against gender-based violence. The email I sent my friend was lengthy, and described my…
Every women dream to have a happily married life, a caring and loving husband and responsible. A husband who will not hurt the wife physically. When i was young i can see my parents arguing until my father try to shot my mom…
We as a nation can find funding for everything else. Until money is put back into opening mental hospitals and clinics to help treat these individuals. Public shooting is going to continue to happen, and senseless massacre…
As I take a walk every Saturday morning to the mall closer to where I live. I will be greeted by different women from neighboring squatter camps, who woke up early mornings to come stand on the street by the mall entrance…
Yesterday morning, I heard an unexpected knock on the door. When I opened it, a man asked if there is a Karen Axalan living here. I identified myself, then he handed me an envelope. While receiving the package, my thoughts…
I was wondering the moment I opened my eyes and in search for something. I set my blurry eyes across the window pane where the vivid reflection of the sky was coming through. It was mid – afternoon. I was about to close my…
#SheForShe #BeUnitedToStopViolenceAgainstWomen Violence against women is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world.We must act together to end violence against women .We,…
September, 2012 : I had just become one of the 3 toppers of World Pulse's Voice of Our Future Correspondent program (VoF) and had been invited on a speaking tour of the US. As a part of our preparation for the tour, I -…
There is hope for everyone! It was somewhere in the 90's, that I got to understood clearly the interpretation of this word "AIDS". It was a very sensitive word to use then! You have to be very careful with how you used it.…
Hello everyone It is always very rejuvenating to be surrounded by so many bright people like you. Here is my journey I began my career 15 years ago as a Midwife, realizing every birth, would be a small step towards my…
I have written this story based on a true life incident experienced by my own best friend. “Oooan, Oooan, Oooan”. (The baby cries) .”What is it Doctor?” “Congratulations Hawwa, You have delievered a baby girl”. Ahhh! Thank…
World Pulse has been my inner power that pushed me toward taking action and toward achievement. It has given me the strongest desire to do and accomplish something that I now see and find as important to me and to those I…
There is a quote that Brene Brown, an author and researcher about shame and vulnerability, keeps mentioning on her talks. For her, this was a life-changing quote moments after her Ted Talk about The Power of Vulnerability…
What a dark cloud it could be, when you love a man, who is your husband for 26,years, and it become realization that he never cared for you and never loved you back. He never cared about your feelings your emotional or…
HOW DO WE RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MALE ALLIES Bringing Up Boys Speaking of synchronicity . . . for the past 3 weeks I have been thinking I should write a post on how young men can be taught to treat women equal. For 11…
I broke my silence after 40 years with this song that poured out of my heart as I listened to so many people, from all walks of life, tell their stories about all forms of abuse. As the world speaks out now about #MeToo , I…
Right now across the word women experience un equality in what we call the circle of security. We can all agree that woman have the right to feel and be safe in their home and country Evan in their community. I can assure…