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Beings an avid, devoted fabulous Poet Vandita Dharni, she is an elegant writer, a highly deep rooted poetic aspirant, all well reflecting in her fabulous poetry. The
journey called life is not inclusive without its fair share of success and failure. Her verses reflect a strong poignant range that encompasses many social issues.
Hence, the language covers a wide spectrum evolving from the archaic to the contemporary. Her recently launched book of poetry, “The Oyster of Love” is a
treasure trove of incredible poems depicting every nuance of love be it joy, passion, longing or despair
Personal Profile : As a child, I shared a close association with nature which led to me undertaking various excursions that involved extensive travelling to
beautiful locations with my parents in India and abroad. The mysterious mountains have been a favourite on my travel list thus it was only a calling that made
me put on my travelling boots and head out to these majestic marvels of nature. From the Titlismountains and the Alps in Switzerland to the majestic
Himalayas, each one rendered a charm of their own, drawing me closer to their mystique and grandeur. The literary spark was thus ignited in the lap of these
glorious heights of natural wonders. This naturally created an aura for the surreal beauty that nature has to offer. I have always tapped into these natural reservoirs
that add an ethereal appeal coupled with my personal experiences to enhance the subjectivity and emotive charm of my poetry. My mother's influence in my
formative years cannot be ignored. Literature was her forte and she had been a lecturer at her college for forty years. It was she who first introduced me to the
nuances of writing. She generated within me a desire for reading the classics and writing short literary pieces. As a young college student, I would sit in my
beautifully landscaped garden at the David Villa in Allahabad and that was the where my tryst with poetry really began. I knew the seeds of writing had
germinated but it took another fifteen years for the real poet within me to emerge. My marriage, domestic commitments and career took priority for those fifteen
years so my literary talents lay dormant for that time. It was in 2016 when I published my first anthology and as they say the rest is history!! I have never looked
back ever since. My supportive husband along with my two boys have been my backbone and have been inspirational to my literary pursuits which has helped
me evolve into the poet I am today. The poet being an inborn part of me helped me in earning many a laurel and distinction in the literary field. However the first
milestone that came my way was in the early stage of academic pursuits where I topped the ranks in the University of Allahabad at the post – graduate level in
the language of English. Thereafter, a dogged determination and a steely resolve to up the ante helped me in earning a much sought after honorary PHD degree
from the university in American Literature. An achievement that is dear to me as it proves that despite all odds, an academic accreditation is much its worth
despite the blood, sweat and tears one flows for it if I may express with literary connotations !! My linguistic and communication skills complimented me in
becoming the quintessential teacher, which now has become my forte over the decade. Its my absolute resolution to pay back to society and most significantly
the next generation the values, principles and morals I have learnt through my teaching. Each day is a new experience and the unbridled joy I receive is when my
students express their happiness at the end of the session to let me know I made a difference! Poetic expression is a natural extension of me.I have delved into the
quintessential beauty of nature and translated its richness into my poems. The metamorphosis as a writer in me has been consistent and gradual as I seek to
explore the unexplored. It has been a constant endeavor on my part to evolve and hone my inherent skills. This has led me to have a strong conviction to believe
that life is a continuous learning process and the journey doesn't end here.
Persona: It has been an innate trait for me to show a compassionate bent of mind that is deeply reflected in displaying a caring and sincere demeanour. Apart
from my love for poetry, my musical interests have served me well in various school cultural functions, A keen interest in fine arts is well reflected in a brush with
Vandita Dharni expressions painted on canvas. The avid reader in me coupled with a penchant for words have contributed in great measure to the literary world that has

benefitted at large with several articles, poems and short stories being published in National and International journals.
Achievements: It has been a humbling experience to have been bestowed with numerous recognitions that have only served as a constant reminder that the best


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is yet to come. Among the many awards, the notable Poetic Galaxy Award 2018 by the Literati Cosmos Society for A) What makes you to be one among 25 Wonderful Women of Virtue:
notable contribution to Poetry and the Double Cross Award was awarded for outstanding contributions in the The perceptions of human life stem from personal experiences and encapsulates varied themes like female infanticide, terrorism, corruption and
book on Complexion Based Discriminations. They were conferred upon by the Literati Cosmos Society of India.It exploitation of the marginalized. As an educationist and facilitator, there is a deep resolve and renewed purpose to contribute and fulfill my social
has been a rewarding experience to have edited anthologies for Poetry World and an anthology entitled Petals Of obligations. These would include how to build a progressive nation by imparting the right values among the youth of India. As a facilitator, nostone
Peace. It has also been a matter of pride to have reviewed several poems on poetry sites like Poetry Review on should be left unturned in creating a positive and congenial environment that could enhance the value of the teaching learning process. Donning many a
Facebook. Various articles, poems and short stories have been written and published in journals like Criterion, hat comes easy to me be it creative writing, painting or just singing. The onlyaim beingto create a positive environment that might prove to be conducive to
Ruminations, GNOSIS, HellBound Publishing House and International magazines like Immagine and Poessia, everyone.
Synchronised Chaos and Guido Gozzano. A poem, The Endangered Tiger was given an honourable mention in the
B) When did you find sense of Depersonalization in you and how:
Guido Gozzano. My poems were read on the John Kavanagh show. An honourindeed !!
Life has a far more profound meaning than just a superficial one. Being a teacher, it dawned on me that there were far more serious issues to resolve than just
Inspirational works: The first anthology, Quintessential Outpourings was a collection of thirty poems published
the petty day to day ones. The 'I' has been replaced by a “We” and this has brought me to the main purpose of life where my expectations and aims no
in 2016. These poems reflect a strong emotive range that encompasses social themes like female infanticide,
longer take precedence. The focal point being to broaden my horizons that include a wider spectrum anda strong commitment to express my words that
terrorism, corruption, exploitation of the marginalized, famine, the burden of childhood to contemporary issues
can be heard and make a difference. There has been a concerted decision to perceive issues more objectively rather than being too parochial or focused on
like complications in the virtual world. Hence, the language covers a wide spectrum evolving from the archaic to
myself.
the contemporary. The second book, The Oyster of Love was published in 2018. It is a treasure trove of incredible
poems depicting every nuance of love be it joy, passion, longing or despair. C) How and what talents did you use in spreading love, peace and humanity?

Failures and successes: The journey called life is not complete without its fair share of success and failure that are Despite the challenges that emerge, a strong positive attitude must exist and all endeavours must be channelized to beable to spread love, peace and
two sides of the same coin. I have always believed that failure is the stepping stone to success. Though one has humanity on a wider platform. At the workplace, a patient hearing, a helping hand or a motivational talk whenever required reaps rich dividend. The
faced challenges at every stage, it has never posedan impediment to my aspirations and dreams of a future that could make this world a better one though my only way to connect is through my poems that I'm confident do inspire the youth and form the medium which impact people's lives.
poetic exploits. D) Do you feel you have a sense of making people happy? If yes, how can you?
Family and Parents: Hailing from an eminent family of educationists, my parents were lecturers at Ewing Christian College, Allahabad. My father was a It has been uppermost in my mind to reflect in my teaching style a compassionate and humane persona. Be it a classroom or a playground or just any other
doctorate and a pioneer in the field of Psychology, collaborating with the Education Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. My mother was a doctorate in place, its imperative to radiate happiness and love with a cheerful disposition. Happiness is a state of mind that has to be constantly nurtured and
Literature and had represented Indian women at several National and International Conferences, hence the genetic traits only serve as a testimony to continue developed. My aim is to bring joy in other people's lives by generating a hope where the world is filled with love and happiness. A firm believer in the
this illustrious legacy! The city beautiful Chandigarhis now my place of residence as I live with a caring husband who has a real estate business and my two power of happiness, as its really is in our hands to exude a radiant energy coupled with a zest to motivate all who come in contact.
wonderful teenaged sons.
E) Your personal views in building a perfect human being in you?
My Contribution to Eradicate Inhumanity from our Society:
The first and foremost duty of every human being is to be humane. As imparted by my parents, the virtues of humility and sincerity form the cornerstone
The human core has been beset with mindsets that have been regressive at times and this has to be altered, hence in my own humble way there has been a sincere
of human existence that were instilled right from the beginning that also included being imparted the right values. Now as a facilitator and educationist, I
effort to address various social problems that plague society at large. The intent is not to denigrate any person or community but to build an awareness of the
am encouraged to return the favour by being compassionate to others and making them independent thinkers and human beings possessing the right
humane spirit that lies dormant in every human being. As a teacher and educationist there has been a constant resolve to address all issues especially the emotional
values. Virtues of patience, positivity, kindness and humility have been continuously inculcated in the next generation to understand that civilization
quotient that students face on a constant basis and hence strive to solve them with the interest of the students as the primary focus. A believer in humanity, one
forms the bedrock of human existence. Building bridges has been the focus rather than walls that divide people from each other.
makes a sincere effort to address social issues in day to day life as well as in my poetic pursuits. Social obligations have been the focal point in my life and this has
been amply reflected in my activeinvolvement in workshops and forums on issues related to autism and cancer awareness.



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is yet to come. Among the many awards, the notable Poetic Galaxy Award 2018 by the Literati Cosmos Society for A) What makes you to be one among 25 Wonderful Women of Virtue:
notable contribution to Poetry and the Double Cross Award was awarded for outstanding contributions in the The perceptions of human life stem from personal experiences and encapsulates varied themes like female infanticide, terrorism, corruption and
book on Complexion Based Discriminations. They were conferred upon by the Literati Cosmos Society of India.It exploitation of the marginalized. As an educationist and facilitator, there is a deep resolve and renewed purpose to contribute and fulfill my social
has been a rewarding experience to have edited anthologies for Poetry World and an anthology entitled Petals Of obligations. These would include how to build a progressive nation by imparting the right values among the youth of India. As a facilitator, nostone
Peace. It has also been a matter of pride to have reviewed several poems on poetry sites like Poetry Review on should be left unturned in creating a positive and congenial environment that could enhance the value of the teaching learning process. Donning many a
Facebook. Various articles, poems and short stories have been written and published in journals like Criterion, hat comes easy to me be it creative writing, painting or just singing. The onlyaim beingto create a positive environment that might prove to be conducive to
Ruminations, GNOSIS, HellBound Publishing House and International magazines like Immagine and Poessia, everyone.
Synchronised Chaos and Guido Gozzano. A poem, The Endangered Tiger was given an honourable mention in the
B) When did you find sense of Depersonalization in you and how:
Guido Gozzano. My poems were read on the John Kavanagh show. An honourindeed !!
Life has a far more profound meaning than just a superficial one. Being a teacher, it dawned on me that there were far more serious issues to resolve than just
Inspirational works: The first anthology, Quintessential Outpourings was a collection of thirty poems published
the petty day to day ones. The 'I' has been replaced by a “We” and this has brought me to the main purpose of life where my expectations and aims no
in 2016. These poems reflect a strong emotive range that encompasses social themes like female infanticide,
longer take precedence. The focal point being to broaden my horizons that include a wider spectrum anda strong commitment to express my words that
terrorism, corruption, exploitation of the marginalized, famine, the burden of childhood to contemporary issues
can be heard and make a difference. There has been a concerted decision to perceive issues more objectively rather than being too parochial or focused on
like complications in the virtual world. Hence, the language covers a wide spectrum evolving from the archaic to
myself.
the contemporary. The second book, The Oyster of Love was published in 2018. It is a treasure trove of incredible
poems depicting every nuance of love be it joy, passion, longing or despair. C) How and what talents did you use in spreading love, peace and humanity?

Failures and successes: The journey called life is not complete without its fair share of success and failure that are Despite the challenges that emerge, a strong positive attitude must exist and all endeavours must be channelized to beable to spread love, peace and
two sides of the same coin. I have always believed that failure is the stepping stone to success. Though one has humanity on a wider platform. At the workplace, a patient hearing, a helping hand or a motivational talk whenever required reaps rich dividend. The
faced challenges at every stage, it has never posedan impediment to my aspirations and dreams of a future that could make this world a better one though my only way to connect is through my poems that I'm confident do inspire the youth and form the medium which impact people's lives.
poetic exploits. D) Do you feel you have a sense of making people happy? If yes, how can you?
Family and Parents: Hailing from an eminent family of educationists, my parents were lecturers at Ewing Christian College, Allahabad. My father was a It has been uppermost in my mind to reflect in my teaching style a compassionate and humane persona. Be it a classroom or a playground or just any other
doctorate and a pioneer in the field of Psychology, collaborating with the Education Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. My mother was a doctorate in place, its imperative to radiate happiness and love with a cheerful disposition. Happiness is a state of mind that has to be constantly nurtured and
Literature and had represented Indian women at several National and International Conferences, hence the genetic traits only serve as a testimony to continue developed. My aim is to bring joy in other people's lives by generating a hope where the world is filled with love and happiness. A firm believer in the
this illustrious legacy! The city beautiful Chandigarhis now my place of residence as I live with a caring husband who has a real estate business and my two power of happiness, as its really is in our hands to exude a radiant energy coupled with a zest to motivate all who come in contact.
wonderful teenaged sons.
E) Your personal views in building a perfect human being in you?
My Contribution to Eradicate Inhumanity from our Society:
The first and foremost duty of every human being is to be humane. As imparted by my parents, the virtues of humility and sincerity form the cornerstone
The human core has been beset with mindsets that have been regressive at times and this has to be altered, hence in my own humble way there has been a sincere
of human existence that were instilled right from the beginning that also included being imparted the right values. Now as a facilitator and educationist, I
effort to address various social problems that plague society at large. The intent is not to denigrate any person or community but to build an awareness of the
am encouraged to return the favour by being compassionate to others and making them independent thinkers and human beings possessing the right
humane spirit that lies dormant in every human being. As a teacher and educationist there has been a constant resolve to address all issues especially the emotional
values. Virtues of patience, positivity, kindness and humility have been continuously inculcated in the next generation to understand that civilization
quotient that students face on a constant basis and hence strive to solve them with the interest of the students as the primary focus. A believer in humanity, one
forms the bedrock of human existence. Building bridges has been the focus rather than walls that divide people from each other.
makes a sincere effort to address social issues in day to day life as well as in my poetic pursuits. Social obligations have been the focal point in my life and this has
been amply reflected in my activeinvolvement in workshops and forums on issues related to autism and cancer awareness.



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One of the myths of creative and multitalented people may be that they can choose whatever personal and career paths they want. Having many interests and
Zana Coven abilities can make for a rich and satisfying life, but also be a source of inspiration to others. Zana Coven's full story follows:


Zana Coven ( Zanka Zana Boškovi Coven) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, former Yugoslavia. She passed her childhood there and studied English
language and literature. After graduation she moved to Belgrade to study Spanish and Italian and than moved to Italy for further studies. Apart of languages she
also studied sax and later on the Academy of art Brera in Milano, artefici department. There she met a man there who later became her husband. She worked as a
translator, teacher, coordinator and supervised of cultural projects for many years. She was one of co-founder of jazz experiment group Mode and played sax and
clarinet till May 2019. Hera tivities spreading from music to art, from painting to literature. As a painter she had several exhibitions around Italy and Spain but
her favourite exhibition was in 2017 in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia Herzegovina, that is the origin place of her family. This exhibition she dedicated to her parents.
Apart of music and painting , the third love of her is literature. She writes poetry, haiku, short stories, travel books in English, Spanish, Italian and Croatian. She
wrote 4 books of poetry, " Lo dico alla luna," in Italian, " Entre sol y sombra" in Spanish, " Zaboravljena istinu" (Forgotten in averse") and "Jedna Ljubav" ( One
love") in Croatian languages. Her poetry Me short stpries, as well ashaiku are published in many books, magazines, almanachs, blogs and herhaiku are also
published in Široki international magazine Asahi haikust. She got also a lot of international prizes among them the special prize of Italian literature critics in
Milano in May 2019, The Golden pen in Uzbekistan, first prize for haiku in European championship in Romania, the secon prize for short stories in Serbia.
Lately her poem was published in Portuguese literature journal. She works and lives between Italy and Spain, Milano and Barcelona.

If I look back to my roots I can see that all around me was favourable for me to build up the personality I am now, a simple woman who has been free to develop
the way she wanted. Never looking the connection with reality, never pretending to be better of others, humble and great worker. Born in Yugoslavia, the
country that does not exist anymore, in the time of marshal Tito means I had all opportunities to freely try and experiment everything I wanted. We had free
excellent education , free of for very small fee any activity from music to sports, from science to any kind of art. Life of my family had a great security in financial
and health fields that left a lot of time to self development. I had unconditional moral support of my parents during my childhood and youth. My father himself
spoke several languages so he started to introduce me into the magical world of foreign language studies. Today I am fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, Croat,
Serbian, Bosnian ( the last 3 are languages of ex Yugoslavia). I write in all of them my poetry, short stories and travel books. My father was also my first art teacher
introducing me visual proportions, perspective, colour games and first drawing and painting techniques from which I begun to experiment and look for my own
way. My mother was more practical. She taught me to respect rules, than to break them, to be persistent, sincere, confidential, serious when it is needed. Bring to
the end what we started to do, never to leave for tomorrow what can be done today, daydreaming is the best wasted time, believe in yourself so others will believe
in you too, respect others to be respected, be always a kind of secret... are some of my mother life rules. She also insisted always to be very ordinate and keep all
around me in order so I could feel myself in please. Both of them tought me to persevere and never give up in front of obstacles, a great self confidence but never
consider myself not above not under others. It was the determinate point in all my life.

I have always been turned to myself. Even in turbulent adolescent time when young people rebel themselves to all around them from parents care that becomes
suffocating to injustice of society, when they think to be able to change the world, when young are full of ideals as a reason of their lived I was a black sheep. I felt
that we can change the world only if we work on ourselves. I was always turned to myself trying to see and understand things and events my way and thinking and
believing that all world for me comes from inside of me. I was aware that I could not control an external world but I could try to control my own inner world and
try to be in please with myself. I was well aware that all that was external was as I see it and live it. If I was happy all was bright, if I was sad everything was disparate


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One of the myths of creative and multitalented people may be that they can choose whatever personal and career paths they want. Having many interests and
Zana Coven abilities can make for a rich and satisfying life, but also be a source of inspiration to others. Zana Coven's full story follows:


Zana Coven ( Zanka Zana Boškovi Coven) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, former Yugoslavia. She passed her childhood there and studied English
language and literature. After graduation she moved to Belgrade to study Spanish and Italian and than moved to Italy for further studies. Apart of languages she
also studied sax and later on the Academy of art Brera in Milano, artefici department. There she met a man there who later became her husband. She worked as a
translator, teacher, coordinator and supervised of cultural projects for many years. She was one of co-founder of jazz experiment group Mode and played sax and
clarinet till May 2019. Hera tivities spreading from music to art, from painting to literature. As a painter she had several exhibitions around Italy and Spain but
her favourite exhibition was in 2017 in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia Herzegovina, that is the origin place of her family. This exhibition she dedicated to her parents.
Apart of music and painting , the third love of her is literature. She writes poetry, haiku, short stories, travel books in English, Spanish, Italian and Croatian. She
wrote 4 books of poetry, " Lo dico alla luna," in Italian, " Entre sol y sombra" in Spanish, " Zaboravljena istinu" (Forgotten in averse") and "Jedna Ljubav" ( One
love") in Croatian languages. Her poetry Me short stpries, as well ashaiku are published in many books, magazines, almanachs, blogs and herhaiku are also
published in Široki international magazine Asahi haikust. She got also a lot of international prizes among them the special prize of Italian literature critics in
Milano in May 2019, The Golden pen in Uzbekistan, first prize for haiku in European championship in Romania, the secon prize for short stories in Serbia.
Lately her poem was published in Portuguese literature journal. She works and lives between Italy and Spain, Milano and Barcelona.

If I look back to my roots I can see that all around me was favourable for me to build up the personality I am now, a simple woman who has been free to develop
the way she wanted. Never looking the connection with reality, never pretending to be better of others, humble and great worker. Born in Yugoslavia, the
country that does not exist anymore, in the time of marshal Tito means I had all opportunities to freely try and experiment everything I wanted. We had free
excellent education , free of for very small fee any activity from music to sports, from science to any kind of art. Life of my family had a great security in financial
and health fields that left a lot of time to self development. I had unconditional moral support of my parents during my childhood and youth. My father himself
spoke several languages so he started to introduce me into the magical world of foreign language studies. Today I am fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, Croat,
Serbian, Bosnian ( the last 3 are languages of ex Yugoslavia). I write in all of them my poetry, short stories and travel books. My father was also my first art teacher
introducing me visual proportions, perspective, colour games and first drawing and painting techniques from which I begun to experiment and look for my own
way. My mother was more practical. She taught me to respect rules, than to break them, to be persistent, sincere, confidential, serious when it is needed. Bring to
the end what we started to do, never to leave for tomorrow what can be done today, daydreaming is the best wasted time, believe in yourself so others will believe
in you too, respect others to be respected, be always a kind of secret... are some of my mother life rules. She also insisted always to be very ordinate and keep all
around me in order so I could feel myself in please. Both of them tought me to persevere and never give up in front of obstacles, a great self confidence but never
consider myself not above not under others. It was the determinate point in all my life.

I have always been turned to myself. Even in turbulent adolescent time when young people rebel themselves to all around them from parents care that becomes
suffocating to injustice of society, when they think to be able to change the world, when young are full of ideals as a reason of their lived I was a black sheep. I felt
that we can change the world only if we work on ourselves. I was always turned to myself trying to see and understand things and events my way and thinking and
believing that all world for me comes from inside of me. I was aware that I could not control an external world but I could try to control my own inner world and
try to be in please with myself. I was well aware that all that was external was as I see it and live it. If I was happy all was bright, if I was sad everything was disparate


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around me. I think I am the same even now. My philosophy has been this simple all my life: you are your own happiness! I literary critics in Milano on 18th of May 2019 were really of great satisfaction and importance.
wrote a short poetry about it when I was a student during my university studies.
It is very hard to change society as a single human being. I think we all should first change our own mind and way of seeing the world around us. To focus on our
I stated to play music in elementary school. We had a great music teacher who pleaded a school orchestra and played himself self can help us to see what is really important in our own life and what is a burden to ourselves. What is necessary to be happy and satisfied person. Trying to
several music instruments. I started with according that I liked so much in that time. I passed hours and hours exercising and liberate us of ego and any kind of egoism is gaining the freedom we all are longing for. To be able to find joy and happiness in little things is a big wisdom.
it was so pleasant to me. I had a great understanding of my parents that even engaged a private teacher who gave me some Material things and easy life are very trilling but if me damage others it is not good for anybody. Being in peace with us within us will help be in peace with others.
extra lessons weekly. Later I passed to the sax and the clatinet and was in love with both instruments. Something that started Happy and satisfied person is good person. This person will not look for things of others, will not be jealous , will never envy others. This person will not look for
ad a game turned to be my lifetime inspiration that has been acompaning me during my whole life and giving me such a power or use others for his own interest or pleasure. If me manage to change our self the world will change immediately. It seems impossible but should be very
professional and personal satisfaction that I feel very satisfied and happy person realising myself in all I like. There is no possible and easy if each of us just work on himself. All the test would come by itself as a result of it. No poverty, no war, no egoism. There is a place for everybody
higher blessing ,after our health , than to do, and be able to earn for living, things we like. So music has been my great love on this nice planet
and strength during all these years from childhood to mature age. And I managed to transfer this passion to my son who is
A. I don't know if I deserve to be among 25 virtuous women. I have never thought about it. I just have been doing the best I can things I love and believe in. I
both the pianist and the violinist with university degrees. When I was 12 my father bought me a little camera "Smena" as a
have never search for glory or fame , I searched for my inner happiness and satisfaction. But yes, I tried always to be near people trying to pass to them my
birthday present and photography entered into my life as something magic. I was taking photographs all around and was
enthusiasm and motivation to find their own way to satisfaction and happiness. My all work is turn to others to pleasure them. To open up their eyes and mind to
exciting to see photos later that at one moment my father said to slow down as I spent too much money for films and
beauty. Artists work to make people blissful but in their work they are blissful too. I try to teach people to be their own happiness, the spring of joy we all have in
developing photographs. Many of them I lost during the war in ex Yugoslavia, in reality I think my mother had to burn them to heat the room during the severe
our self. This is the only reason I maybe could be part of virtuous women. I don' t have such a big ego that would ever pretend to it.
winters when the war was destroying all and they had no even water nor electricity in home. Like other people she burned all she had to get some heat to pass
severe winters. Anyway luckily some of my best photograps I took with me Italy and they are still with me in my personal collection. Later with appearance of B. Maybe just hard work with humble character made my ego controlled. I don't know if it is called depersonalisation as it is impossible . We all have our
digital photography all became easier and much cheaper so I turned to photography again with great pleasure. I won some important competitions and got great personality and it comes out so strongly in art, each kind of art. Each person see and interpret the same thing different way as we all feel and live things and
satisfactions in this field too. But my greatest love for sure has always be literature. I have this natural necessity to express myself with words and verses that emotions differently. So each of us is his own universe and his own reality. Taking ego under control, be humble and normal person is what I think the most
writing poetry became something so natural to me, the essential need to transfer my feelings in words. Writing poetry helps me to turn into myself and to important. This is good, positive and valuable depersonalisation. Consider myself the same as others. At the end we are all just human beings living our life as a
contemplate my inner being and to find all energy I need in myself. Apart of poetry I write short stories about moments in my life, events and relations inside my gift on this planet.
family and life as well as stories about friends and other people or particular moments in life, memories, illusions, dreams....Travelling a lot , mostly because of
music I observe the world and people I meet on my travels and spontaneously I started to write travel books describing all I see around myself adding photographs
and my paintings. What a great satisfaction!

Painting is also my great interest and love that utterly gives me pleasure and it is sometimes like psychotherapy sometimes bare necessity to paint and use colours.
So my life has been gravitating in several kinds of arts that penetrate in each other making my life beautiful and permitting me to live doing what I like. Looking
back to my work thru years I cannot cay I have had some serious gaolers. Maybe the main reason is I have never expected anything so big or important I focused
myself to do the things I love the best way I can. So not waiting for a lot I received much more success than I thought I could. It has been always the up coming line
as I was perfectioning myself and my skills. Every little success gave me enough energy, motivation and desire to go ahead. It doesn't mean I had no my doubts or
hesitations or I was always sure I do the right way. But I persist with my ideas. My goal has never be to become famous, I just wanted to be very good or best in my
work. So I worked a lot and always wanted to superate myself that was not always easy and sometimes it brought me into kind of unsatisfaction or slight
desolation. But it was for a short time as my creativity push me to restart my work or to continue. The biggest success for me is when people like my work. Several
exhibitions were completely sold, photography won some important prizes, applause for performing and interest for my literary work are my success. Than if
prizes arrive it is just the confirmation for my work and they always arrive. The last two "The Golden Pen" in Uzbekistan and The special recognition of Italian

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around me. I think I am the same even now. My philosophy has been this simple all my life: you are your own happiness! I literary critics in Milano on 18th of May 2019 were really of great satisfaction and importance.
wrote a short poetry about it when I was a student during my university studies.
It is very hard to change society as a single human being. I think we all should first change our own mind and way of seeing the world around us. To focus on our
I stated to play music in elementary school. We had a great music teacher who pleaded a school orchestra and played himself self can help us to see what is really important in our own life and what is a burden to ourselves. What is necessary to be happy and satisfied person. Trying to
several music instruments. I started with according that I liked so much in that time. I passed hours and hours exercising and liberate us of ego and any kind of egoism is gaining the freedom we all are longing for. To be able to find joy and happiness in little things is a big wisdom.
it was so pleasant to me. I had a great understanding of my parents that even engaged a private teacher who gave me some Material things and easy life are very trilling but if me damage others it is not good for anybody. Being in peace with us within us will help be in peace with others.
extra lessons weekly. Later I passed to the sax and the clatinet and was in love with both instruments. Something that started Happy and satisfied person is good person. This person will not look for things of others, will not be jealous , will never envy others. This person will not look for
ad a game turned to be my lifetime inspiration that has been acompaning me during my whole life and giving me such a power or use others for his own interest or pleasure. If me manage to change our self the world will change immediately. It seems impossible but should be very
professional and personal satisfaction that I feel very satisfied and happy person realising myself in all I like. There is no possible and easy if each of us just work on himself. All the test would come by itself as a result of it. No poverty, no war, no egoism. There is a place for everybody
higher blessing ,after our health , than to do, and be able to earn for living, things we like. So music has been my great love on this nice planet
and strength during all these years from childhood to mature age. And I managed to transfer this passion to my son who is
A. I don't know if I deserve to be among 25 virtuous women. I have never thought about it. I just have been doing the best I can things I love and believe in. I
both the pianist and the violinist with university degrees. When I was 12 my father bought me a little camera "Smena" as a
have never search for glory or fame , I searched for my inner happiness and satisfaction. But yes, I tried always to be near people trying to pass to them my
birthday present and photography entered into my life as something magic. I was taking photographs all around and was
enthusiasm and motivation to find their own way to satisfaction and happiness. My all work is turn to others to pleasure them. To open up their eyes and mind to
exciting to see photos later that at one moment my father said to slow down as I spent too much money for films and
beauty. Artists work to make people blissful but in their work they are blissful too. I try to teach people to be their own happiness, the spring of joy we all have in
developing photographs. Many of them I lost during the war in ex Yugoslavia, in reality I think my mother had to burn them to heat the room during the severe
our self. This is the only reason I maybe could be part of virtuous women. I don' t have such a big ego that would ever pretend to it.
winters when the war was destroying all and they had no even water nor electricity in home. Like other people she burned all she had to get some heat to pass
severe winters. Anyway luckily some of my best photograps I took with me Italy and they are still with me in my personal collection. Later with appearance of B. Maybe just hard work with humble character made my ego controlled. I don't know if it is called depersonalisation as it is impossible . We all have our
digital photography all became easier and much cheaper so I turned to photography again with great pleasure. I won some important competitions and got great personality and it comes out so strongly in art, each kind of art. Each person see and interpret the same thing different way as we all feel and live things and
satisfactions in this field too. But my greatest love for sure has always be literature. I have this natural necessity to express myself with words and verses that emotions differently. So each of us is his own universe and his own reality. Taking ego under control, be humble and normal person is what I think the most
writing poetry became something so natural to me, the essential need to transfer my feelings in words. Writing poetry helps me to turn into myself and to important. This is good, positive and valuable depersonalisation. Consider myself the same as others. At the end we are all just human beings living our life as a
contemplate my inner being and to find all energy I need in myself. Apart of poetry I write short stories about moments in my life, events and relations inside my gift on this planet.
family and life as well as stories about friends and other people or particular moments in life, memories, illusions, dreams....Travelling a lot , mostly because of
music I observe the world and people I meet on my travels and spontaneously I started to write travel books describing all I see around myself adding photographs
and my paintings. What a great satisfaction!

Painting is also my great interest and love that utterly gives me pleasure and it is sometimes like psychotherapy sometimes bare necessity to paint and use colours.
So my life has been gravitating in several kinds of arts that penetrate in each other making my life beautiful and permitting me to live doing what I like. Looking
back to my work thru years I cannot cay I have had some serious gaolers. Maybe the main reason is I have never expected anything so big or important I focused
myself to do the things I love the best way I can. So not waiting for a lot I received much more success than I thought I could. It has been always the up coming line
as I was perfectioning myself and my skills. Every little success gave me enough energy, motivation and desire to go ahead. It doesn't mean I had no my doubts or
hesitations or I was always sure I do the right way. But I persist with my ideas. My goal has never be to become famous, I just wanted to be very good or best in my
work. So I worked a lot and always wanted to superate myself that was not always easy and sometimes it brought me into kind of unsatisfaction or slight
desolation. But it was for a short time as my creativity push me to restart my work or to continue. The biggest success for me is when people like my work. Several
exhibitions were completely sold, photography won some important prizes, applause for performing and interest for my literary work are my success. Than if
prizes arrive it is just the confirmation for my work and they always arrive. The last two "The Golden Pen" in Uzbekistan and The special recognition of Italian

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Being passionate to write poetry which in turn creates a resonance between disparate images and visions —a layering of meanings, forming connections
previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm. Being passionate to write
poetry which in turn create a resonance between disparate images and visions —a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred
forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm. Poetry is not just an expression of human life, but also what all
others really think, making the whole universe to think freely, in fact that's what a poet does.

Personal Profile:
Nutan Sarwagi
I am from Mumbai, India. I have a master degree in Education and am a designer by profession. I write mainly on women and children. I feel very strongly about
women's issues and the children of war. I wish I could set the world right for them.

Persona:

I am and outgoing and social person. I am easy to talk to and a compassionate listener. I understand people and I make friends very easily. I am fairly easy going
and unassuming. However, I am an extremely determined person. No matter what, I will overcome limitations and adversity to try and get what I want, and what
is best for myself and those around me. I am willing to help anyone at any time. I will do everything and anything for my friends. I love to listen to people talk
about themselves and they generally reciprocate by confiding in me about their worries and fears. I love interacting with people from all walks of life and share
with them my knowledge and experience on a wide variety of subjects. People interest me endlessly and I love painting their portraits. I love travelling and
listening to music. I am actually a bit of an introvert; I rarely talk about myself. However most people think I am a terrific conversationalist since I always steer the
conversation so that other people wind up talking about themselves. I have inherited this from mother whom I love and miss dearly since her heavenly abode in
2017. My talent and passion for poetry also comes from her and she is continuously with me in my heart and soul guiding me through my journey of life through
poetry. Also, I am knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects so I can engage with just about anyone in conversation.

Achievements & Inspirational Works:

I co-authored a book with Nikita Dhawan and Nisha Agarwal: Women's Studies Pedagogy: An Evaluatory Study. Published by Research Centre for Women'
Studies, RCWS Gender Series. (Gender and Education, Book 1) Published from Bombay: SNDT University, 2002. However, I am now passionately becoming
a poet.

Poetry for me
is the cry of the heart
in which you pen your thoughts
in its love until you get so lost
in it to become its thoughts
in the soul of your heart
Its heart



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Being passionate to write poetry which in turn creates a resonance between disparate images and visions —a layering of meanings, forming connections
previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm. Being passionate to write
poetry which in turn create a resonance between disparate images and visions —a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred
forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm. Poetry is not just an expression of human life, but also what all
others really think, making the whole universe to think freely, in fact that's what a poet does.

Personal Profile:
Nutan Sarwagi
I am from Mumbai, India. I have a master degree in Education and am a designer by profession. I write mainly on women and children. I feel very strongly about
women's issues and the children of war. I wish I could set the world right for them.

Persona:

I am and outgoing and social person. I am easy to talk to and a compassionate listener. I understand people and I make friends very easily. I am fairly easy going
and unassuming. However, I am an extremely determined person. No matter what, I will overcome limitations and adversity to try and get what I want, and what
is best for myself and those around me. I am willing to help anyone at any time. I will do everything and anything for my friends. I love to listen to people talk
about themselves and they generally reciprocate by confiding in me about their worries and fears. I love interacting with people from all walks of life and share
with them my knowledge and experience on a wide variety of subjects. People interest me endlessly and I love painting their portraits. I love travelling and
listening to music. I am actually a bit of an introvert; I rarely talk about myself. However most people think I am a terrific conversationalist since I always steer the
conversation so that other people wind up talking about themselves. I have inherited this from mother whom I love and miss dearly since her heavenly abode in
2017. My talent and passion for poetry also comes from her and she is continuously with me in my heart and soul guiding me through my journey of life through
poetry. Also, I am knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects so I can engage with just about anyone in conversation.

Achievements & Inspirational Works:

I co-authored a book with Nikita Dhawan and Nisha Agarwal: Women's Studies Pedagogy: An Evaluatory Study. Published by Research Centre for Women'
Studies, RCWS Gender Series. (Gender and Education, Book 1) Published from Bombay: SNDT University, 2002. However, I am now passionately becoming
a poet.

Poetry for me
is the cry of the heart
in which you pen your thoughts
in its love until you get so lost
in it to become its thoughts
in the soul of your heart
Its heart



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International anthologies where my poems have been published When did you find sense of Depersonalization in you and how?
Within each of us there is a virtue for looking beyond our own selves. If we allow this virtue inside us to blossom, we will see the world around us with a definite
1. Poetry for Peace, published from USA, 2. Different Truths on Autism Awareness, 3. Speak Your Mind on national and international problems, 4. Amaravati
purpose and look upon its joys and sorrows as our own. This process starts when we decide to give some of our time to others. I am from Mumbai and every day I
Poetic Prism International Multilingual Poetry, 5. Some Voices Sing Anthology of Hope, 6. You and Me, 7. Cherry Toppins, 8. Symphony of Souls, 9. Premier
see accidents and disasters in the never ending crowds fighting to earn their daily bread. Some people help to take the victim to the hospital but many simply
Antologia de Poetasdel Proyecta de 'UNEMOS AL MUNDO CON LA POESIA', 10. Mexico-India.
crowd around and gossip causing hindrance to relief operations. No one wants to get involved. No one wants to put his or her life at risk for other's life. Giving a
Family & Parents little bit of our time to society does not cost us much but if we do it collectively it can work wonders. We can help in blood donation campaigns, tree plantation
campaigns, free medical camps, education of slum children, and so on. Once we start involving ourselves in these kinds of activities giving some part of our time
My Mother was my rock of Gibraltar. In her lived the strongest woman I have ever known. The sense of security I have today has grown from the love she gave
and resources, it gives us immense soul satisfaction. Depersonalization starts when we think beyond our self. Looking at human sufferings everywhere, I started
me. She was a natural poet, a thinker, a writer in her own right . Whatever little I write today, I owe it to her. In her I learnt my right from wrong. She went out of
to think beyond the self. Depersonalozation does not mean to stop thinking about ourselves. Everyone should take care of himself/herself. When our self needs
her way to help people. In her I imbibed my love of people. She had a very difficult life with my father almost bringing us up singlehanded but she never spoke
are taken care of, we can contribute something to society
about her trial and tribulations. Now I wonder what she must have gone through. Any other woman would have broken under its weight. But she didn't. Today
my sense of security comes from this unconditional love she has passed onto me, always being there for me in the most loving way a mother can. How and what talents you used in spreading love, peace and humanity.
I use my talents in writing poetry on various social issues, love and peace to bring about transformation in society. Every once in a while, in between my FB posts
What more I can contribute to eradicate Inhumanity from our society?
with comments or shares, I get message in my inbox from my readers telling me that I inspired them, because of something I had written about social issues.
Little drops of water that make the mighty ocean. Every person can contribute to society in her own way. We need not donate millions of dollars to feed the
When I was a little girl I thought I could change the world with my writing. Now that I am a woman I know that I can. And I believe you can, too. Let's fill our
hungry or do some heroic act in order to make a difference. Little acts of kindness, small changes in lifestyles and being a responsible part of the society will do.
time and thoughts with things that make the world a better place. I have written poems on various social issues such as plight of orphan or widow, miseries of
Being humble, polite and having a smile on our lips. Negative emotions and bad attitude tend to create bad vibes that spreads around, which is picked up by other
leprosy patients and those living in mental asylum, rape victims, honor killings, dowry deaths and global warming. Whatever I had written, it was written with
people. Here are few ways in which I try to help the society: Helping people out during everyday life whenever I have opportunity. Small gestures of kindness at a
passion to touch the sensitive nerves of my readers. I feel many of my readers got on board with my cause. In my poems, I speak the language of my readers. If we
one-on-one level are a great way to be useful. I listen to people in my daily life and show them empathy. I mentor young people to build their character. I
really want to see change, we have to persuade people to open their minds. Apart from my individual poetry, I collaborated with my poet friend K.
volunteer at NGO's to help poor and needy.
Radhakrishnan to write on almost all social issues and together we had written about 200 such long poems that usually start with a story with lots of emotions and
What makes you to be one among 25 Wonderful Women Of Virtue end with actionable steps to mitigate that social ill. We have posted such poems in FB to draw attention of readers to such social ills. These collaborative poems
I am neither a glitterati nor a literati or a celebrity. I represent those unsung women in the vast pages of history. The significance of any woman is not based on any are shortly going to be published to reach wider readership.
of the things our world values very highly, such as, physical beauty, affluent background, intelligence, education. God created every woman unique. Each Yes, pen is my weapon and with it I aim to drive my message of love, peace and humanity.
woman is different from the other but at the end they have something that makes them special, it is their innocence and a strong will power to overcome the
Do you feel you have a sense of making people happy? if yes, how you make them happy?
hurdles in life. At any phase of her life, she is struggling every time. In her childhood, she has to face the criticism for being a girl. When she hits puberty, she has
I feel happier when someone's face lights up with joy. I feel happier when I have done little things to help others and my self- esteem shoots up. I know I will get
to go through her periods, which is not at all an enjoyable thing, still she is there fighting the odds. Then comes the age for her marriage. In this phase she has to go
what I give and if I do something to make others happy, it will be the cause for my own happiness.
through a lot of taking all the responsibility of a family. Her role as a mother and wife is seldom appreciated and our society takes her for granted. Being a woman
today is daunting and an extremely stressful task. She must know how to juggle family, work and responsibilities and in most cases, it's a thankless job. The only My personal views in building a perfect human being in me
thing which keeps her going is sheer own selfless love which holds more power than the physical strength of a man. Yes, I belong to that group of “ordinary”
In my entire life I never met a perfect human being neither does history has any evidence of a perfect human being. Instead of the word “PERFECT”, I would
women yet I consider myself one of those wonderful women of virtue. I know how to use my feminine power. Like every woman, I too toil but never count the
prefer to use “BETTER”. We can definitely be better human beings than we are. Life is a testing ground for souls and not a frolicking funfair for the exploitation
hours. I do not allow expectations to get me down. I take it all smiling, without displaying any frown. I like to be different to make a difference. I am strong and
of negative emotions such as hate, anger and jealousy. Good will eventually conquer all the evil, truth conquers all falsehood, everlasting love conquers all hate,
will never allow others to exert their undue influence. I am bold to voice out my opinion and also know when to be silent and when to hold up the banner. While I
and life lived with love will conquer even death.
am determined to fight for our rights, I never waver from my family and occupational commitments. I strive to live up to the morals and values that my mother
taught me when I was a child. My aim is to transcend not only others but myself too.

108 | Dr. K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi 25 Wonderful Women of Virtue | 109

International anthologies where my poems have been published When did you find sense of Depersonalization in you and how?
Within each of us there is a virtue for looking beyond our own selves. If we allow this virtue inside us to blossom, we will see the world around us with a definite
1. Poetry for Peace, published from USA, 2. Different Truths on Autism Awareness, 3. Speak Your Mind on national and international problems, 4. Amaravati
purpose and look upon its joys and sorrows as our own. This process starts when we decide to give some of our time to others. I am from Mumbai and every day I
Poetic Prism International Multilingual Poetry, 5. Some Voices Sing Anthology of Hope, 6. You and Me, 7. Cherry Toppins, 8. Symphony of Souls, 9. Premier
see accidents and disasters in the never ending crowds fighting to earn their daily bread. Some people help to take the victim to the hospital but many simply
Antologia de Poetasdel Proyecta de 'UNEMOS AL MUNDO CON LA POESIA', 10. Mexico-India.
crowd around and gossip causing hindrance to relief operations. No one wants to get involved. No one wants to put his or her life at risk for other's life. Giving a
Family & Parents little bit of our time to society does not cost us much but if we do it collectively it can work wonders. We can help in blood donation campaigns, tree plantation
campaigns, free medical camps, education of slum children, and so on. Once we start involving ourselves in these kinds of activities giving some part of our time
My Mother was my rock of Gibraltar. In her lived the strongest woman I have ever known. The sense of security I have today has grown from the love she gave
and resources, it gives us immense soul satisfaction. Depersonalization starts when we think beyond our self. Looking at human sufferings everywhere, I started
me. She was a natural poet, a thinker, a writer in her own right . Whatever little I write today, I owe it to her. In her I learnt my right from wrong. She went out of
to think beyond the self. Depersonalozation does not mean to stop thinking about ourselves. Everyone should take care of himself/herself. When our self needs
her way to help people. In her I imbibed my love of people. She had a very difficult life with my father almost bringing us up singlehanded but she never spoke
are taken care of, we can contribute something to society
about her trial and tribulations. Now I wonder what she must have gone through. Any other woman would have broken under its weight. But she didn't. Today
my sense of security comes from this unconditional love she has passed onto me, always being there for me in the most loving way a mother can. How and what talents you used in spreading love, peace and humanity.
I use my talents in writing poetry on various social issues, love and peace to bring about transformation in society. Every once in a while, in between my FB posts
What more I can contribute to eradicate Inhumanity from our society?
with comments or shares, I get message in my inbox from my readers telling me that I inspired them, because of something I had written about social issues.
Little drops of water that make the mighty ocean. Every person can contribute to society in her own way. We need not donate millions of dollars to feed the
When I was a little girl I thought I could change the world with my writing. Now that I am a woman I know that I can. And I believe you can, too. Let's fill our
hungry or do some heroic act in order to make a difference. Little acts of kindness, small changes in lifestyles and being a responsible part of the society will do.
time and thoughts with things that make the world a better place. I have written poems on various social issues such as plight of orphan or widow, miseries of
Being humble, polite and having a smile on our lips. Negative emotions and bad attitude tend to create bad vibes that spreads around, which is picked up by other
leprosy patients and those living in mental asylum, rape victims, honor killings, dowry deaths and global warming. Whatever I had written, it was written with
people. Here are few ways in which I try to help the society: Helping people out during everyday life whenever I have opportunity. Small gestures of kindness at a
passion to touch the sensitive nerves of my readers. I feel many of my readers got on board with my cause. In my poems, I speak the language of my readers. If we
one-on-one level are a great way to be useful. I listen to people in my daily life and show them empathy. I mentor young people to build their character. I
really want to see change, we have to persuade people to open their minds. Apart from my individual poetry, I collaborated with my poet friend K.
volunteer at NGO's to help poor and needy.
Radhakrishnan to write on almost all social issues and together we had written about 200 such long poems that usually start with a story with lots of emotions and
What makes you to be one among 25 Wonderful Women Of Virtue end with actionable steps to mitigate that social ill. We have posted such poems in FB to draw attention of readers to such social ills. These collaborative poems
I am neither a glitterati nor a literati or a celebrity. I represent those unsung women in the vast pages of history. The significance of any woman is not based on any are shortly going to be published to reach wider readership.
of the things our world values very highly, such as, physical beauty, affluent background, intelligence, education. God created every woman unique. Each Yes, pen is my weapon and with it I aim to drive my message of love, peace and humanity.
woman is different from the other but at the end they have something that makes them special, it is their innocence and a strong will power to overcome the
Do you feel you have a sense of making people happy? if yes, how you make them happy?
hurdles in life. At any phase of her life, she is struggling every time. In her childhood, she has to face the criticism for being a girl. When she hits puberty, she has
I feel happier when someone's face lights up with joy. I feel happier when I have done little things to help others and my self- esteem shoots up. I know I will get
to go through her periods, which is not at all an enjoyable thing, still she is there fighting the odds. Then comes the age for her marriage. In this phase she has to go
what I give and if I do something to make others happy, it will be the cause for my own happiness.
through a lot of taking all the responsibility of a family. Her role as a mother and wife is seldom appreciated and our society takes her for granted. Being a woman
today is daunting and an extremely stressful task. She must know how to juggle family, work and responsibilities and in most cases, it's a thankless job. The only My personal views in building a perfect human being in me
thing which keeps her going is sheer own selfless love which holds more power than the physical strength of a man. Yes, I belong to that group of “ordinary”
In my entire life I never met a perfect human being neither does history has any evidence of a perfect human being. Instead of the word “PERFECT”, I would
women yet I consider myself one of those wonderful women of virtue. I know how to use my feminine power. Like every woman, I too toil but never count the
prefer to use “BETTER”. We can definitely be better human beings than we are. Life is a testing ground for souls and not a frolicking funfair for the exploitation
hours. I do not allow expectations to get me down. I take it all smiling, without displaying any frown. I like to be different to make a difference. I am strong and
of negative emotions such as hate, anger and jealousy. Good will eventually conquer all the evil, truth conquers all falsehood, everlasting love conquers all hate,
will never allow others to exert their undue influence. I am bold to voice out my opinion and also know when to be silent and when to hold up the banner. While I
and life lived with love will conquer even death.
am determined to fight for our rights, I never waver from my family and occupational commitments. I strive to live up to the morals and values that my mother
taught me when I was a child. My aim is to transcend not only others but myself too.

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Ÿ I am Artist (painter) Sai Kalyani from
Bhubaneswar. AI am an self taught Artist, Born on
14/3/1968 .

Ÿ I am with positive attitude, I love to make other
people to smile Ambitious, Hardworking, funny.

Ÿ Never get big achievements except my self
happiness in my work, just loving to do best work.
Sai Kalyani
Ÿ I made a painting about “Save girl child”and
Awarded.

Ÿ I never failed because I did all my work by my own
thoughts , my success is my self happiness when i
am doing my art work.

Ÿ My husband,1 son 1 daughter married.

Ÿ I will try to teach people h w to live with a positive
o
thought.

Ÿ My confidence in my work, my behaviour ,and to
the public.
Ÿ When i stopped my Art work for Sad reason in my
life ( I lost my husband last year).

Ÿ Helping people my friends my relatives and trying
most to make them to smile.

Ÿ Yes I have that quality to make others happy by
telling them good jokes or when they sad giving
them examples that many people are more in
trouble so be happy that you have small problems.

Ÿ Yes I am a good person still I should meet and take
more knowledge from them about life and how to
make people to live happy. Thanks Namaskar

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Ÿ I am Artist (painter) Sai Kalyani from
Bhubaneswar. AI am an self taught Artist, Born on
14/3/1968 .

Ÿ I am with positive attitude, I love to make other
people to smile Ambitious, Hardworking, funny.

Ÿ Never get big achievements except my self
happiness in my work, just loving to do best work.
Sai Kalyani
Ÿ I made a painting about “Save girl child”and
Awarded.

Ÿ I never failed because I did all my work by my own
thoughts , my success is my self happiness when i
am doing my art work.

Ÿ My husband,1 son 1 daughter married.

Ÿ I will try to teach people h w to live with a positive
o
thought.

Ÿ My confidence in my work, my behaviour ,and to
the public.
Ÿ When i stopped my Art work for Sad reason in my
life ( I lost my husband last year).

Ÿ Helping people my friends my relatives and trying
most to make them to smile.

Ÿ Yes I have that quality to make others happy by
telling them good jokes or when they sad giving
them examples that many people are more in
trouble so be happy that you have small problems.

Ÿ Yes I am a good person still I should meet and take
more knowledge from them about life and how to
make people to live happy. Thanks Namaskar

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