Month Report From RCISME
WRITE STUFF
A graphology session was held for Rotaractors on November 9th, titled Who Are You, Really?, by graphologist Rtr. Maitri Shah.
She spoke about the use of graphology to explore one’s personality. She is the founder of a homegrown, India proud diffusion hub with a shaded soul vibe. The Shaded Soul (her organisation) blends into varied cultures and thoughts to transform mindsets, thoughts and soul. It was a wonderful session in which she analysed signatures of Rotaractors and fine-tuned their insights into themselves.
BEING HUMAN
Held on November 24th, 2020, the aim of this project was to remove the myths about a transgender’s life and to spread awareness about the LGBTQ+ community. Six other Rotaract clubs joined us to help spread awareness to a larger audience. Approximately 90 people joined the webinar, the first half of which had Miss Anjali Siroya’s insights about the transgender community. Anjali Siroya identifies as a Heterosexual Transwoman. She’s a survivor of discrimination and abuse and feels that she is a Human Being first and that should be considered. She’s a media graduate and was the 1st transgender woman in Mumbai to be crowned as a queen in her college. She is currently working at The Humsafar Trust as Advocacy Officer and is a recruitment coordinator in a project for the socio-economic inclusion of the Transgender communities. She’s the core member of Yaariyan (youth initiative of Humsafar Trust)
She shared her journey and also some common misconceptions about gender and sex. A Q&A session was followed by a panel discussion regarding the LGBTQ+ community. The panellists were Miss Anjali, Miss. Arunima Rajkumar and Miss Hansika Jethnani. Arunima Rajkumar is a freelance photographer raised between India and the UK. She is a graduate of BA Photojournalism from UAL. Hansika Jethnani is a poet and visual artist. She is from the diaspora and was born in Indonesia. Having lived in multiple countries since then, she moved to Mumbai in 2018, where she and Arunima now live together as an openly queer couple.
FUTURE LEADER SERIES
Training and learning sessions have been greatly reduced during Covid-19, which is why we took the initiative to bring this event online. The topic of the October month was Ms. Avanti Nagral’s entrepreneurial journey on November 25th.
Ms. Nagral, a Harvard student spoke about her interesting journey, she spoke about how she prepared for Harvard and got admission. She gave us few tips and tricks on how to crack the interview followed by other questions regarding the lifestyle there. She was also a singer, a youtuber, a verified instagramer, so she also answered a few questions regarding that.
