As I am growing old , I want to read more and more books , I will be meeting my old books and diaries very soon and I really like the redolence and the kind of stories they have , growing up I always wanted to be a writer , months pass by and I don't write but there are days where late-night I just want to write stories and poems , adulting is like that ! Find time to write when you can .

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Also when the premise of your life is spirituality and community empowerment, the self will attract the universe and the purpose to serva and spread compassion is going to manifold.
The question is are you ready to allow yourself to see beyond the information given to you by some fake media channels, are you ready to know people as individuals with potential to thrive, are you ready to know the other side of story!

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I still believe in having an ideology but this labelling of people and polarisation doesn't help. I think we have to see things as spectrum and not as alienations, with this I would like to say believe in and show it with your art but never let ego jump in, also accusations and oppositions don't help, it is the resilience, knowledge sharing and the hope on which the road to journey to self and politics unfolds.

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Hi, so i have been thinking to write this from quite a long time.
I learnt , read a lot during my UG days in JNU, I was quite interested in politics, I even fought for hostel elections and won it, I have seen the entire student movement in campus and also the situation in country and I have been quite rebellious in lot of things.
But internally I could never hate people for not being on same side, I have friends from both right and left , these days I see lot of memes being shared, making fun of this and that narrative, I feel now being in politics, facing different life situations is the most difficult thing, one person has to face a lot, having closely seen friendships being evaded, lot of gap, I feel When I think about worth of human life, I see it from the perspective of spirituality and human rights . My ethics and moral only allow me to indulge in all kinds of discussion without disrespecting and reducing other beliefs, always union, no discord.

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Hi Folks,
Women's day started as a Human Rights movement but over the years it has become all about flowers, discounts, chocolates which was not the purpose behind this day.
Let me reinstate what women actually want -
1. Equal representation in the Leadership Roles.
2. Equal opportunity and equal pay at workplace.
3 Awareness of POSH at Workplaces
4 Sensitization on Menstruation and Menopause at workplace and Paid leave
5 compliance of Maternity Policy
6 Support from community to restart career post marriage and pregnancy.
7 Periodical Health checkups
8 . Mental health support
9 No casual sexism and bodyshaming
10 Surveillance free roads and community

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As a woman when you cross 25 , there is a race between time, job, marriage, fertility,child bearing, house management , entrepreneurship and what not.
A lot of us do look for passion too which is a privilege because we don't find time for it and sometimes we also don't have society support.
So as I cross 25 , I think a lot about managing this race , one thing that is helping and m still evolving is have certain non negotiable values and terms in life and stop telling yourself you have to do this by certain age, I think it's only when you limit yourself in numbers, you stop to grow.
Understanding the anatomy of woman's body, health and pace, deconstructing the notions of patriarchy by having discussion, helps!
Always always, choose financial freedom first because for women money and agency go parallel and when you feel you are not being heard, shout, roar, collectivise but never be silent!
You are a woman and you have to speak up!

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As the month and seasons goes by
Work and life gets more in circles
But when there is more to life beyond this
I am reminded I am all pervading soul.
That's a stream of consciousness
Flows within !

After work, I look for things to make me feel light
How light?
As light as paper
As thin as air
As seemless as water
As ignited as fire
As infinite as sky

To experience this, I tend to look for spaces between thoughts
And these spaces become wider when you don't think about them!
I am again reminded that to be light, to be integrated but yet detached, breathe and sit for meditation!
It is only when I am effortless,
I forget that feeling of 'I' ness
I let go
I am reminded.
Spirit resides in me!

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My experience today at Surajkund Mela!

Every year I come with my mother to this international carnival and today we sat at a table to eat, one old couple were sitting in front of me and he was smiling, I asked him uncle, where did you get this chai, uncle started talking, he asked me about my academics, I said I studied from JNU, that uncle gave a very big smile, I thought OMG maybe he is a professor but guess what he was an alumni of Economics centre, he graduated some 30 years back, then his wife asked me some questions, I explained her how I am passionate to work in public policy, social impact and sustainability space, I explained her my masters and how it's relatable to my work, that lady I got to know later is an executive director at a very good university and she said we are hiring someone like you for our university in so and so department, we need people like you PLEASE APPLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED!
OMG! This short moment 10 mins with that uncle aunty while my mother was away to get food and everything clicked!
God is listening if you are passionate, I had absolutely no clue what were they upto, I was normally telling and it clicked!
Serendipity!

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As I am growing old, I think a lot about my parents. I have been doing work from home lately and I get to spend time with my mom and dad. I see my mother knitting and my father working eating his sweet potato, I look at them snuggling, fighting, chilling, laughing together, they are very cute, they get tired but they never show, they always want to work , work, I think they are more active than me, in few days I might have to leave home for work but I don't want to, I feel vulnerable seeing my parents getting old. I want to take care of them, I want to support them, we often think we children can send money to them and our job it's done but I have realised our parents need us emotionally, physically, existentially more than they need us financially. They need us more than we need them. Eldest daughters are the caregivers to the family.

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I have reached that age in my life where my parents get concerned about finding that right life partner for me. I get scared and vulnerable and nervous and what not about sharing my life with someone! As a woman I have experienced and seen and read it is so so important to earn money, have a career, the importance of female friendships, the emotional touch and most importantly the empathy, I have never idealised any man nor the idea of marriage, I don't dream to wear that lehenga, I dream to read books and be on that stage and perform poetry. I think I deserve to be loved but not half heartedly, I deserve to be loved as a whole, in whole, for my imperfect ways, for the fat in my body and I don't want men to dictate me for my career goals. I find peace when I go to nature only if the same peace I find in a guy I would think about falling in love.

For now!
This young quirky lakshita is like a Virginia Woolf!

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