Hello Gemini Dhar A take charge expert and author. Sharing something that shook me to the core This world is so very beautiful and mesmerising, in our day-to-day pursuit of happiness, we always look up to our bigger goals and larger vision. Then, it comes around, a challenge or a moment of utter shock, some facts and occurrences that make you shudder in the utmost disgust. As a Take Charge […]
While we were busy watching the parade on Republic Day a few days ago, a small documentary film uploaded on YouTube, starring Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Kalki Koechlin, Tiss director PM Nair and many others, was questioning the idea of freedom. The film, aptly titled Freedom Matters, questioned one of the biggest evils humanity faces today: Human trafficking. The 30-odd-minute-long film starts off by debunking myths about trafficking, such […]
“It might seem the darkest of days when you’re actually experiencing what you are experiencing, but there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.” Life has come full circle for Harold D’Souza. From being a near slave in Lady Liberty’s land, is a member of US government’s advisory council on human trafficking. On Thursday, US President Barack Obama nominated Harold D’Souza, a 40-year old man of Indian origin […]
Karla Jacinto is sitting in a serene garden. She looks at the ordinary sights of flowers and can hear people beyond the garden walls, walking and talking in Mexico City. She looks straight into my eyes, her voice cracking slightly, as she tells me the number she wants me to remember — 43,200. By her own estimate, 43,200 is the number of times she was raped after falling into the […]
Praneeta, Shaheen and Anjali are not related, nor are they friends. Yet, fate tied these three children together in a horrible fashion. Aged between three and five, all three of them were abandoned by their parents in the face of poverty, sold away to brokers for prostitution and pornography, and simply left to be raped and tortured. Their stories, as narrated by social activist Sunitha Krishnan during her TED talk, […]
