Bengaluru: Kitli Conversation, organised by a media platform Chaaipaani in collaboration with Limca Book of Records, brought five motivational speakers, whose stories left the listeners mesmerised and inspired, here on Saturday.
Sharing her experiences fighting gender crisis, Shilok Mukkati said, “I had always wanted to be a radio jockey, but was never given the opportunity to speak because of my gender and dusky complexion. Bullied by my teachers and classmates, I attempted suicide several times.”
Mukati finally felt liberated at Jain University and now works as an RJ and write poems in Kannada.
Another speaker, Ashwini Angadi, who is visually challenged, never let the disability come in her way in achieving what she dreamed of. “Teachers never accepted me, because I am visually impaired. But still, I travelled to cities across the country without any escort. Today, I am satisfied that I am taking care of 35 young children at a school, Belaku Academy, which I founded in 2014.”
She was awarded the UN Special Envoy for Global Education’s Youth Courage Award. Even Noble Laureate Malala Yousafzai had said that Malala Day should be rechristened as Ashiwini Day for her struggles and efforts to be what she is today.
Mr Raghav Chakravarthy, who is a co-founder of Walnut Solutions, stressed on how being inquisitive is necessary for children. “Inhibition to ask questions should end. We focus on giving content to curriculum and building reading habits among children at a very tender age,” he said.
Much before Ms Aparna Viswanathan took the entire evening by storm, the audiences were hardly aware of what Social Intelligence meant, of which she spoke. Elaborating on how important it is for a child to develop social intelligence, she said, “Inculcating sensitivity in children is very important, only then they will they be more inclusive without being judgemental. Encourage children to be more inclusive so that they can accept the diversity in culture, caste and creed which is pertinent for a society to grow.”
