by Sarika | Aug 15, 2024 | BD Voice, Empowerment, Gender, Inclusion Matters, Stereotypes
As we celebrate the spirit of Independence Day, I’m reminded of a recent conversation with my university-going niece. She expressed frustration over not being able to make impromptu plans with her friends, stay out late, or travel alone, while her male cousins and...
by Sarika | Feb 2, 2021 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Inclusion, Inclusion Champions, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Mentoring Matters, Personal Development, Professional Development, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
2020 was a year that has tested our society like few others in recent memory, it’s safe to say that many of us are looking forward to putting this year behind us. We have navigated through incredibly turbulent times and we are not out of them yet, but there does seem...
by Sarika | Nov 15, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Inclusion, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Professional Development
This festive week, I was planning to upgrade my television to smart TV and my friends suggested to check out the online deals. Being a fan of amazon online, the app kept tempting me with the uber expensive new iphone as well. Similarly, Netflix keeps suggesting my...
by Sarika | Nov 1, 2018 | BD Voice, Gender, Inclusion, Inclusion Champions, Inclusion Matters, Leadership, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
“Mom, we won the match!” shouted my 12-year-old son as he got home from school. “Akshi was too cool. She took the last goal in the last 4 minutes to spare”. I was pleasantly surprised to hear him raving about his teammate who is a girl playing in his school soccer...
by Sarika | Aug 31, 2018 | BD Voice, Change Makers, Empowerment, Every Day Heroes, Gender, Inclusion Matters, Safety, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
For past few days, I had been deeply disturbed by the horrific stories of young girls being raped by the very people who were supposed to be their guardians in the shelter. More disturbing was the fact that many people knew about this, in fact, heard their screams but...
by Sarika | Jun 6, 2018 | BD Voice, Inclusion Matters
Two years ago, I was getting my then 9 year old son’s Adhaar card made, when he saw the column of Transgender and asked me. “Mom, what does this mean?” and I tried to answer this question in simple terms, which a kid could comprehend. As a champion of Inclusion, I was...
