Tag Archive for: youth citizenship

Caste and Politics: Beyond India

The reason that I applied for the Leadership collective is simple: youth citizenship. This year’s theme couldn’t have matched my interests more. I’m interested in all things related to law and government. I firmly believe that these institutions are the bedrock of our society. Today, my group had a workshop with Naveen from the Centre […]

My Life is My Message

On July 10th, our leadership collective went to the Gandhi Ashram. It was like walking through Gandhi’s life step by step. It was a truly amazing experience that I will cherish. My life is my message. My life is a blur. The way I live my life is how I try to show my message. […]

My Experiences in Ahmedabad So Far

Getting from Mumbai to Ahmedabad has been a tiring and wonderful adventure. Ahmedabad, unlike Mumbai, has a very hot and sunny weather. I enjoy sunny places like Ahmedabad because it brings me excitement and happiness. We are slowly learning about the history and influences that took place in Ahmedabad. A very interesting subject that I […]

How Separation Breeds Inclusion

Today was the day we finally split up into three different hotels within our separate groups. Many were quite upset to leave friends they just started to strengthen bonds with, and I myself can say that I was not satisfied with the notion as well. After many hugs and dramatic cries the others were on […]

India’s Places

Today I visited many places in India like temples ,old city . Actually, I am very happy because, I got a lot of information about this country. Today I saw many things in this places , I saw temples where religion people use to pray . In Lebanon I watch this things only in T.V. […]

INDIAN HEROES ✊📖

Today it was really fun i got time to meet up with other girls who are in the same situation as me. This Pratham school was established in 1995 to help young people to get good education and learn few skills that will help them to be employed. Most community youth they are not doing […]

Gaining Independence Through Pratham

Today my group and I learned about a program called Pratham, which helps those who are of age gain work skills and financial independence for their families. The program has many schools that offer guidance and education for an array of careers such as welding, health care, and beauty. On this day we went to […]

A Glimpse Of Akanksha

Today I had an interesting and amazing experience in Akanksha. The students were really intelligent and brilliant. I enjoyed talking to the students about youth citizenship and one thing they would like to change in this world or their community. I was surprised with their answers because they wanted to change people’s mindset of their […]

Magic Bus Ride in a Magical City

The first thing I told myself when I got to India was that I wanted to go visit a school or a community center to get a better grasp of Indian communities. I feel like people always see India’s schools over T.V or media, but for the first time I got to see it for […]

A Perspective on Independence & Group Circles

A Perspective on Independence The students started July 4 acknowledging that it was American Independence Day by listening to a rendition of America the Beautiful. The curriculum this day, because of its significance to one group of them, was focused on the concept of Independence and the dates and events which each student considered to […]