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Identity, Wisdom and Spiritual Well-being | May 29th, 2023 | Pathways School Gurgaon, New Delhi
This fantastic conversation from Festival of Hope India sees Arhan, student at Pathways School Gurgaon in conversation with Aakansha Kedia and Deepak Ramola from Project FUEL and Arushi Kataria from Letters to Strangers India. They discuss the role of creativity in life, identity, well-being and the seeking of wisdom.
Aakansha Kedia is a Learning Architect at Project FUEL. She designs and leads education initiatives that encourage playfulness and joy while associating with human wisdom. As a social impact professional, she has worked with various organisations and stakeholders with a special interest in creating spaces for wellbeing and inclusion. Aakansha holds a Master's degree in International Development from Monash University, Melbourne, where she completed a Research Thesis that explored the role of non-profits in responding to the mental health needs of low-income communities.
Deepak Ramola is the founder and artistic director of Project FUEL. He is just completing a master’s program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A TED Talks speaker and UN Action Plan Executor, he previously served as the Kindness Ambassador for the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development. His methodology has been recognized among the world’s top 100 innovations in education and has been adopted across five continents. Ramola is also a celebrated lyricist in Hindi cinema, and his songs have been voiced by Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar and Rekha Bhardwaj, among others. His first collection of Hindi poetry, Itna Toh Main Samajh Gaya Hoon, received the prestigious Young Writer Award in 2020. His latest book, 50 Toughest Questions of Life, went into a reprint two weeks after its release.
Aarushi Kataria is the Founder of Letters to Strangers + India and the Regional Coordinator + India Ambassador for Letters to Strangers. She began working on the chapter in September 2019 and has helped it grow from a city-based chapter to a country-wide chapter. She is currently a Master of Public Policy Student at the University of Chicago. She believes writing will be the only home she'll ever know. She published her first book, "Turning Antonyms Into Paradoxes", at the age of 16 and is ranked as one of India's best poets. In her free time, she can be found with her head buried in books or discovering indie artists in India.
