Life is coming at a full circle to me a person born and brought up with both parents associated with corporate environment, have also worked with them in their assignment so the exposure was beyond just having parents with corporate background.
Then I chose to explore development sector right after my masters. The passion and the harsh realities of the life struck me so hard in the face that if I can say at an ‘impressionable’ age, even some days compromising of food was not too big a thing. As I grew in this field, I took up a lot of work with some of the most mariginalised communities of our country. Like most around me I learn to talk a language of blame game initially and found that working, once you put things outside your system its others who are to deal with, which looked comfortable option to an extent that also started looking at what this comfort was all about.
Till one day I got exposed to Paulo Freire and opened my eyes to inclusive and exclusive approaches, processes. Started looking at things more objectively and with an approach of staying with it and working way through rather then getting over it. Analysing things and learning form communities and people I work with is now a way of life. This helped me initiate exploring alternatives in the immediate context and to look at the expressed verses as the situations beyond the fence. As Person working with Tribal communities for me co-existence is a big thing especially in today’s times and the ways to go about it is some thing I still am exploring with people I work and associate.
Its easy to give away what you have, but in last 10 years I have seen and more importantly experienced what is it to be deprived of the little groves one is holding on to being knocked of. The TWO digit growth is paining all of us in terms of our housing loan or rising oil prices but what can it be to those whom dream of educating one person from the family gets shattered. To me even as I write this I feel like pushed to the wall with my stomach touching my back. And I would still say that this is just a second hand experience.
Thus when people ask me why ‘you people’ have to be against things I would ask is it some thing you are trying to project on me, is it your discomfort with the ugly realities. But I would like to believe that I am a believer, a believer of who thinks that there is a future of co –existence, inclusion, equity, dignity and self respect for all I often find it amusing when people ask those who are aware to these realities not to be against, its well said but I just want to say its not easy. But it can become a reasonable alternative if those who have, decide not to take more those who have shut their eyes on these realities start looking at things.
Yes together I know it’s a beautiful world out there…
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