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Sunday Special When Giving Becomes a Lifetime… and Silence Becomes a Companion Mathivation Research Lab Initiative   Seedhi Baat Today, I want to open my heart. Not to question. Not to complain. Just to acknowledge… a group of people we quietly see, but rarely understand. Those who spent their entire lives giving. Teachers. Nurses. Social workers. People who chose responsibility over personal comfort. Duty over personal life. The Unspoken Reality Some of them never married. Not because they didn’t want to -  but because life asked something else from them. Parents to support. Siblings to educate. Families to stabilise. And they fulfilled it. Silently. Completely. What Remains Today… Many of them live alone. No complaints. No expectations. No demands. Just a simple life… built on years of sacrifice. They don’t ask for help. They don’t express pain. Because somewhere deep inside… ■  They have learnt only one thing: To give. Not to ask. T...

Daily Mirror Part 2|Raw Poison in the Stem,:  When Tradition Meets Politics From the series: “A Poisonous Poison — Casteism: A Boon or Curse? My Reflections” Opening Thought If the roots of casteism are silent and underground , the stem is loud, visible, unapologetic. Here, casteism doesn’t hide. It walks in daylight . It speaks openly . It punishes quietly . And sometimes… it humiliates brutally in front of everyone. This is Raw Poison -  poison that burns without shame . A Developed Village… But Not Developed Enough When you move from a remote village to a semi-developed one, you expect awareness, growth , and change . But casteism grows too — only its style changes . It becomes less hidden, more organised . A wound that looks half-dried , but still infected underneath . Story 1: The Teacher and the Cup This incident is carved deeply in my memory. One day, my father sent me with a teacher from another village to the house of our village school headmaster. We were both ser...

Daily Mirror — Part 1 Poison at the Roots: The Invisible Walls From the series: A Poisonous Poison -  Casteism: A Boon or Curse?My Reflections  By Rakesh Kushwaha Prologue In this series, I will share real experiences of people close to me. Some of them have endured the harshness of casteism silently -  friends who trusted me with their pain, even as they rose to become principals, educators, leaders, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, I have also witnessed courage -  individuals who took stands, sometimes small, sometimes incomplete, but always meaningful. Their efforts deserve acknowledgement too. I will mention names only where the story truly calls for it — not to expose anyone, but to honour their journey, their truth , and their strength . Opening Reflection Casteism does not begin on the surface . It begins underground  - silently, deeply - like roots of a tree that decide the direction of the entire plant even before it grows. Before a child lea...

A Poisonous Poison| Casteism A Boon or Curse? A Six-Part Reflective Series  by Rakesh Kushwaha Introduction  Casteism - a poisonous poison that has shaped India for centuries. Some call it tradition . Some call it identity . Some call it a system . But for those who have lived through its many layers, it becomes an experience of pain, adjustment, confusion, survival , and sometimes, silent rebellion. This series is not built on books or borrowed ideas. It flows from my eyes, ears, memories , and lived reality  -  • from a remote village to South Mumbai , • from district boards to international universities , • from childhood innocence to adult introspection. It is a journey through six layers of casteism -  from its cruel roots to its polished urban version , from visible discrimination to invisible profiling, from local identity to global freedom. Each part carries a different truth , a different observation , and a different turning point in m...