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…
It is funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations and hope. This is a design of God that I…
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…
At the start of this year, i made a conscious decision to commit more time and effort to taking care of myself. I knew if i had to be more efficient then i will have to be the best version of me and that will mean not only…
My Heartless and Inhuman Occupiers They came stealthily, sneakily and captured my land. Spread everywhere, north, east-west and south. Guns in hand, hatred on the face, they occupied all the corners. Black their faces, black…
I WAITED FOR SO LONG….. I waited for a year or so, to hug and kiss you. And can sense the cool, morning breeze, despite being far off. The same breeze entering my nostrils and refreshing my soul. Wrap my whole body with its…
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…
" One of the greatest challenge faced by today's developed World is pointing towards the negligence of rural girls/women around the globe." I participated as a student delegate and good will ambassador of Pakistan in ; the…
An Eternal Sleep Born as a twig of an Almond tree, In distant heaven called Kashmir. Lilac in colour, skinny in shape. With wide brown eyes curvy in shape. Soft like silk, innocent as Dove. Engulfed in my own cosy world. My…
When I was on that stage of being "broken" I tumbled across the book by Iyanla Vanzant "In the meantime" and my understanding and motivation was that, being in the meantime? According to author and inspirational means being…
"The death of a beloved is an amputation.—C. S. Lewis" Being a parent and mostly a mother who carries a baby for the whole 9 month and goes through labour pains, that pain cannot be described BUT in the end it is the fruit…
Lull Not Peace It is in lull not in calm. Its inhabitants are tongue-tied. It is now the Valley of dead and gone. It is the Valley of Kashmir, sieged by cruel occupiers. Often in reverie, I recall, its lush green terrain.…
बदलते निसर्ग चक्र , रासायनिक खतांमुळे होणारा शेतीचा ऱ्हास याचा मानवी शरीरावर व शेतीतील मातीवर होणारा दुष्परिणाम तसेच शेतकऱ्यांचा उत्पन्न खर्च जास्त व मिळणारे कमी उत्पन्न यातुन होणाऱ्या शेतकरी आत्महत्या व उध्दवस्त होणारे…
I Want to go But I Don’t Want to Go I want to go but I don’t want to go. It has been a year I have seen you. I miss you badly and I long for you. I want to go but I don’t want to go. When I saw you last year, I was free, you…
YOU ARE IN ME, I AM IN YOU You are my life. You are my identity. You are my love. And a way of life. You are in me. And I am you. You are my Kashmir. You haven’t seen, The day of light. As you have been imprisoned. By…
We run a monthly support group meeting and intervention for couples seeking to enhance the quality of their relationship, communication, and shared commitment to safer behaviours. The monthly support group is held once a…
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.…
Bravo! For 100 days of Siege. What next you brutal colonizer? 365 days of siege or life imprisonment? Your pellet guns have injured our eyes & minds. What do you want to injure next? Your coerced siege has silenced every…
Sometimes we get so engulfed with the thoughts of so many unattended level and things we are yet to achieve in our lives that we begin to loose value for the hard work we've put in to even get to the level we currently are.…
Growing up in a community where a girl child had little chances to go to school made me realise that skills empowernment would fill the gap for a girl child to be respected in socity since its education regardless of whether…
Hi everyone, this is Minla, this is my #3 original song: Me Too , to victims of sexual harassment, I been through the same thing, you are not alone. Me too #metoo Feel free to Subscribe to my channel : https://www.youtube.…
A friend of mine is making a 6 minutes documentary about my life and struggles while fighting patriarchy and working for women rights worldwide. . She contacted me in order to get someone who can comment about my work and…
am 23 years old and a survivor of sickle cell anemia, i have lived with this condition my entire life and its an inspiration to me because i want to show people that having sickle cell its not a curse and one does not choose…
In March 2019 the Airports Council International (ACI) released the first “Combatting Human Trafficking Handbook”, a free resource designed to help airports comprehensively deal with modern slavery. Using these guidelines…
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…