I see the light when you shine,
I feel the smile when you smile,
I feel the pain when you are in the dark,
I feel the darkness when you are not there,
I need you to rise and shine,
I try to get closer,
And I am burnt by your heat,
You are the sun,
And I am just a sunflower.
~The End~
An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.
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S02E03: Career choice from Botany to the world of Marketing and Business development.
Guest Speaker : Ramina Haorokcham joining from Shanghai, China
Phone Interview: Washington DC, USA and Shanghai, China
Language: Podcast in English.
Ramina Haorokcham shares about her career introducing us to the world of advertising, marketing and Business development. She shares her studying and working experience in India as well as China. She started out with Botany and ended up in the media world fighting through her career aspiration and chasing her dreams in spite of her parent’s expectation to pursue into the line of IAS. Watch her share about her experiences, challenges and satisfaction in her line of career.
One of our goal is to give student and parents an opportunity to hear from our own people about different career and job options. This will help to widen the young minds of Manipur to hear about other line of work. I have spoken to many students and the general perception of career option are limited to becoming a Doctor, Engineer or IAS officer. Other options are not much known amongst students as well as parents. Also there is the craze and pressure to join extensive coaching classes and wait for 2 to 4 years to get into the medical entrance exam. And within this span, there are many who would become depressed with low self-esteem, loose focus and stray away. We encourage that students go in the line which they have aspirations and interest in rather than being forced or pressured into the line of career parents believe in.
FindingTheVoices brings voices and story that Inspire, Empower, Educate & Entertain us from people all over the world.. It is a talk show presented by Monica Ingudam with the vision to promote and spread positive, hopeful, inspiring & entertaining stories in the violence-torn landscape of Manipur.
This is your show to promote your talents & work, share your experiences and voice what you stand for, what you believe in, what you want people to know & talk about….
You showed me beautiful,
You taught me what it is to live,
Introducing me to nature,
Opening a whole new world,
A beautiful world,
Leaving me in awe,
With no words to express,
It’s like walking in a dream,
The dream you want to be in forever.
~The End~
Picture Courtesy : Loyangamba Khundongbam (Picture taken at Tamenlong, Manipur)
An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.
It was bright and sunny,
Sitting on the soft green grasses,
Watching my red shoes against the beautiful green meadow,
Meadow filled with wild yellow flowers,
Meadow filled with wild white flowers.
The sun was harshly bright and hot,
Making my feet tingle,
And the numbness spreading throughout the body,
The voices of children playing nearby fades away,
Taking me to a different space.The fading voices continues stronger,
Asking me questions after questions,
What is your name ? How old are you ? What is your social security number ? Do you have any allergies ?
As they continue plugging wires, pricking my finger and hand drawing blood, hanging IV,
Wheeling me to a place filled with more fading voices.
Catching a glimpse of the blurred sight,
I see my bright red shoes against the green covered movable bed,
I see many green scrub clad people walking around busily,
I whispered for a blanket as I was shivering.
The kind green scrub clad lady covered me with a warm spotless white bedsheet,
I watched the white ceiling,
Pondering over spoken or unspoken Words, expected or unexpected actions and of tears and memories,
And nothing else mattered,
But through my blurred view my mind was crystal clear, clear of the time, my time and memories I want.
~The End~
An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.
Language: English.
Interview Location : Washington DC, USA.
With many cases of racism and incidents in India where the North East people of India are teased, questioned, called Chinky and other derogatory terms I had posted “Yes we hear the word “Chinky” very often. Lot of people including myself try and take it sportingly to survive and blend in, not to cause any trouble (for we have seen time and again that we will loose fighting back and be alienated and chose to focus to study/work, the reason why we came out from Manipur) but you should know that deep inside we don’t like it”
And one of the response was “I use “Chinky” for people from North East India like using Gujju for Gujarati, Bong for Bengali, Mallu for Malayali, I didn’t think it was offensive. If it is I will stop”
This response (ignorance that it’s a derogatory term) inspired me to do this episode to share our experience, thoughts, ways of coping up and mechanism we had opted to survive such situations, situations we wish we didn’t have to face but we are facing.
There are many young students coming out to escape the conflict, including myself, to pursue uninterrupted education at a very young age. And then dealing with new place and people, new food, pain of missing home. We have met very good, kind hearted people who have helped and touched our heart and we remain indebted forever.
But we are also faced with indifference and questions on our identity making us to cope up to blend in, to survive in many ways even in the way one dresses, avoiding places and events, curbing one’s freedom to avoid situations, keeping quiet gulping humiliations to survive. Many of us cope up this way for we know that when we fight back it’s only us who will loose and end in tragic incidents which never gets justice. But should we keep quiet ? No we shouldn’t. And we will not. We have learnt to pick our battle and find ways and mechanism to protest, educate, spread awareness and let people know. Also we should ask our self if we are calling names to others, start from home, our origin and fight for the cause, stand for the cause irrespective of your community and contribute at the individual level and this will truly bring a change.
Thanks to our Guest Speakers for sharing their heart felt experience and thoughts. Please share your experience and thoughts too.
You ask me why I am caged,
But ask yourself if you are in the cage,
You see what you want to see,
It’s all in the view.You ask me why I have changed,
But ask yourself if you remained the same,
You changed, changing me,
It’s all in the view.
~The End~
Picture courtesy : Loyangamba Khundongbam
An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.
Nothing can stop the bloom,
Nothing can stop the beauty,
Blooming out of nowhere,
Blooming in unexpected places,
Bringing surprises,
Bringing smiles,
And I choose to accept the beautiful feelings nature has to offer,
Even if it’s for a short time,
Before the wind and rains snatches it away.
~The End~
An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.
Words brings happiness,
Words makes life beautiful,
But words could also be sharper than a knife,
So sharp piercing right through your heart,
Hurting you deeply,
And words once uttered could hardly be forgotten,
Both beautiful and piercing words,
What are your words going to be ?
~The End~
An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.
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