National Youth Icon Award 2018

The National Youth Icon Award 2018 is an honor in the very highest levels of achievement from within the nationwide Indian youth community to create one of the most important events of its kind ever to be staged specially for the most powerful, outstanding & influential youth in India. This year, a total of 15 outstanding youths from across the country received the award in various categories.

Youth Peace Parliament 2017 & Training on Nonviolence

During the month of November, I was scheduled to leave for Ajmer city, to attend our national assembly where members of United Religions Initiative from India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Srilanka would attend but a friend cum colleague nominated me for training on Nonviolence conducted by Nonviolence Project Foundation, India. Being someone born amidst violence and atrocities, the idea of equipping myself with the right skills to spread peace and the message of nonviolence rose to fascination.

International Students Conference on Environment and Climate Change

Initiated by G3S Foundation, United Religions Initiative (URI) – North India and Afghanistand and Bishnoi Community as the foundational step to make the world a better place to live for generations to come, the event took place from 3rd – 6th of June, 2017 at Buddajohar, Dabla Village, Rajasthan India.

On my arrival, did I learn that Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan is the hottest place in India, having 49 degree Celsius at that time and despite that, the Bishnoi School girls had prepared a welcome parade for me. I lacked not of the will but the words to truly express my sincere gratitude to Bishnoi School kids for their immense love and respect. Seeing them sweat under the burning heat of the sun while performing the parade with passion and sincerity, I just melted in that moment.

United Religion Initiative’s basic principal is to build bridge among interfaith communities; to ensure peace and unity. I was assigned to represent the same ideology and deliver the message that carries the importance of environment and humans on this planet that are interconnected. I have had a wonderful time with the people of the village, be it during the interactive sessions with the youngsters and the villagers regarding our differences in treating our environment or during lunch in Bishnoi Dharamshala regarding our stances on human rights and religiously motivated matters.

As a passionate public speaker, I enjoy connecting, for I foresee a tremendous exchange of energy between us that is pure and simple.

While presenting a pen to a girl for her hard work and dedication at school, I shook her hand wishing her best with future endeavors. I could see her bright open eyes as if someone is dreaming in real that was when she said, “I will never forget this handshake and I promise that I will become a navy officer”

Moments that remain in my heart are the times of true human encounter when we both exchange lessons for life. It is true that people are prettiest when they talk about something they really love with passion in their eyes.

The organizers ( G3S Foundation) and Bishnoi Community’s efforts are commendable. Their hard work and dedication was portrayed in the form of performances by the school kids at the exhibition and cultural night. The environment awareness program included Yoga, Water Campaign Rally and Tree Plantation.

Protecting environment, safeguarding animals and the right utilization of water are the core values of Bishnoi Community. I believe the team had an intension of teaching them but instead, they returned with abundance of lessons from them.

At last, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to Subhi Dhupar, the regional Coordinator of URI for North India and Afghanistan and the heads of G3S Foundation, Mr. Anil Kumar, the president of G3S Foundation and its secretary general, Mr. Deepak Kumar for their confidence and faith.

 

World Youth Conference, 2016.

World Youth Conference “Youth for Sustainable Development” from 12th November – 14th November 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, India facilitated a process that strengthens effective youth participation in the planning, implementation and evaluation of various global issues of the world which refers to the process of defining the future global development framework that will succeed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the United Nation.

The Conference  also focused on an inclusive platform for youth that enables them to review the progress of the SDG’s, share ideas, experiences and innovative approaches for effectively contributing to the SDG framework and its implementation.

Hosting this conference has been a tremendous experience so far.

I have learned it that when you’re in stress and pressure, you tend to lose yourself most of the time, but know it, that is when you’re out of that comfortable zone so take that as an opportunity to growth rather than a burden. You can’t put the blame on the organization if it’s hard for you to cope up, forget about doing better. You need to stick to the point when your hardest hit cause it’s when, at times, things go wrong that you must not quit.

It hit me many times while I were laying accusations that not every time, things will go smooth and according to the plan. You wanted to be a leader, right? Now, deal with it. You know what you’re best at? Connecting! Yes, that’s the number one criteria for your advancement and you know how to connect? No? Look, man. We humans have a tendency that we will only listen to you if we’re important to you. Now, go and put value in your audience and connect!

And so did I learn that if I ever want to accomplish my goals, I must connect in a way that it will not only be effective but a very enjoyable experience for me and everyone in the room.

For many performers or well known speakers, its very important for them to be valued by their listeners but for me, I love my audience. It is crucial for a connector to first value his audience if he has a passion for public speaking and a plan to sustain.

and in between a lot of work, it is healthy to sit down for a while and have a cup of coffee with the woman you like 😉

Acharya Habba 2016

Acharya Habba is the annual techno-cultural fest organized by Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. It is a month-long event held in the month of March or April each year. It draws about 30,000 students from more than 300 colleges from across Bangalore and Karnataka.

 

 

Pamir International Model United Nations 2016

PIMUN 2016’s spirit vibrated across every province of Afghanistan, touching young hearts. It happened for the first time in the history of Afghanistan and with persistent dedication and hard work, we proudly claimed the word ‘ Grand Success’.

PIMUN 2016 have had the privilege of having distinguished guest of speakers at the opening ceremony such as H.E Dr. Ashraf Ghani, The President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, The first lady of Ismalic Republif of Afghanistan, The Deputy of Chief Executive, Ustad Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, The Embassador of Sweden in Afghanistan and the special representative of European Union.

The President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H.E Dr. Ashraf Ghani

Connecting with the International Delegates

 

With 330 above participants, we are proud and happy to have touched many hearts while being the catalyst for change in a warn torn country like Afghanistan.

With H.E The President and H.E The First Lady of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan

How does he feel when he sees her! – FISAB ISD – Hayat Amiree

Having a bit of a fun with a talented fellow,  Mr. Anas from Oman

Hosting International Students’ Day

Hayat Amiree, Hosting International Students’ Day organized by Federation of International Students Association, Bangalore – FISA,B.

Breakfast with some Afghan kids having million dollars worth smile

The morning began normally; I got ready go to an elimination of violence against women based conference with minster of Afghan culture and information. I along one of a kind friend of my mine was on the way when we got the call that the conference is postponed till 2:00 pm. It was good news for both of us because we had a break, now you must be curious about the happenings during the break time like I was.

We decided to go to a coffee shop because we didn’t have our breakfast and we were damn hungry too. My friend was entering in to that shop when I realized that I need a change of 5$ because that was all I had in my pocket. I exchanged that 5 $ into 250 AFS and came back to the shop, we were having our tea when I got the glance of two boys named as MEHR ALI and JAN ALI. Their way of eating KALA PAICHA (an afghan traditional food for breakfast), way of dressing, smiling to each other and curiously looking at us were totally fascinating and that really compelled me to go to them and have the breakfast together and more importantly because they were one of us and part of the route for Afghanistan’s future.

After a warm greeting, those boys offered my friend as well to join for breakfast, though those boys are not educated but mature enough to understand how to behave with strangers and elders and that is our culture value. After having some words together, we asked the boys for an interview and fortunately they agreed. Their names were MEHR ALI and JAN ALI. Mehr Ali is in class 4 and jan ali is in class 3. They polish shoes to earn bread for the family and let both ends meet so that they don’t have to beg for anything. They pull out all the stops to cope up with both studies and financial crises, they earn 150 AFS each on daily basis and their fathers are labors with a daily income of 300 AFS each and there are moments for them when the whole day, they don’t even earn a single penny for bread. We always think of change, peace in our country. Different topics might have been discussed to implement for the betterment of Afghanistan but I think child labor should be the only topic to be discussed because children (upcoming generation) are the route for Afghanistan’s future and till we don’t educate our route, the future can never be as we desire to have. When we rose a question about their future career that what they wanted to be in future, it really made me feel bad because for once they had nothing to say but compulsion. They can only think about their presents adding as if their futures have been lost somewhere in darkness. After a little bit force Jan Ali shared that he wants to become a Doctor so that he can help his country and be a part of change.

 

Having a nice conversation with those energetic boys having million dollars worth smile really made my day and I wish they have a bright future and their dreams become true.

 

Long live Afghanistan!!