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An open letter to BBC

Dear  ‪#‎ BBC‬ , I am a common Indian girl nobody knows because no short films were ever made about me.Here is what i have been wanting to say since I heard about  your documentary. We are a nation that was home to Ms Anandibai Gopalrao Joshee (31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887),the first south Asian woman to get a degree in western medicine. Ms Indra Noyee(Pepsi co) and Ms Chanda Kochhar(ICICI) are some names that need no introduction in the business world,and guess what,they are Indians too. Jhumpa Lahiri,Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai have inked the pages of Indian literature so beautifully that its got to last for centuries to come. Speaking of performing arts,The world knows its India that pioneered the former.Women from all ages are artsy enough. We are a nation that accepts people from all over the world to amalgamate,create and inspire. Mary Kom,PT Usha,Saina Nehwal -girls that brought home medals and inspired millions. And Finally,People like Laxmi,acid attack survi

Writer's block

After a long time,my creative instincts glistened bright.. A desire to rekindle the old flame heightened.. searching for a new topic to write. I could write abo ut that helpless prisoner of war.weeping silently in his suffocating cubicle, filled with disgust for those,who shunned from their own humanity.. But then,i think of the valiant soul that left his loved ones behind and. in capturing him. before his conscience was his sheer duty... the thought of writing about poverty,famine,pollution, illiteracy paved its way.. of what mainly,left for the potheads,to tickle their cells of the grey.. But then,as i get braced.. IT IS NOT SOMETHING EXTRINSIC,SO STOP TOSSING THE BLAME"" brought me disgrace. Could pen down the seemingly overwhelming beauty of nature, of rills,the valleys,the moon and all of the same stature. But something of substance,as ordinary as me.. finds immense pleasure and beauty in everyday life,not ethereal realms .. smile emoticon So,i brush it