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The diversity challenge: a personal story - Supriya Dev-Purkaystha
The diversity challenge: a personal story - Supriya Dev-Purkaystha
"To all the leaders and HR bosses out there, not receiving a racial complaint does not equate to racial equality, because most people are not overtly racist. Similarly, most people are not conscious that they have racial bias and unchecked this can weave its way in to decisions made in the workplace..."
"To all the leaders and HR bosses out there, not receiving a racial complaint does not equate to racial equality, because most people are not overtly racist. Similarly, most people are not conscious that they have racial bias and unchecked this can weave its way in to decisions made in the workplace..."
What happens to our bodies when we run? - Neil Deb
What happens to our bodies when we run? - Neil Deb
"The best thing to do is slow down to a jog. Once you feel OK, then pick up the pace to a run again, but only if you feel that your are able to do so..."
"The best thing to do is slow down to a jog. Once you feel OK, then pick up the pace to a run again, but only if you feel that your are able to do so..."
Photography, an unprecedented passion - Bipul Deb
Photography, an unprecedented passion - Bipul Deb
"Growing up in a British Bengali Hindu community, I was never really exposed to creative arts. They were generally frowned upon as unimportant. I ‘learnt’ that ‘respectable’ jobs were led only by doctors, engineers, and lawyers...."
"Growing up in a British Bengali Hindu community, I was never really exposed to creative arts. They were generally frowned upon as unimportant. I ‘learnt’ that ‘respectable’ jobs were led only by doctors, engineers, and lawyers...."
Meeting strangers, rebellion, and keeping grey - Rothna Dev Modak
Meeting strangers, rebellion, and keeping grey - Rothna Dev Modak
"For all the ‘backward’ thinking, my parents definitely did one thing right - they always pushed for the education of all their kids, which was very rare for Bangladeshi females when I was growing up..."
"For all the ‘backward’ thinking, my parents definitely did one thing right - they always pushed for the education of all their kids, which was very rare for Bangladeshi females when I was growing up..."
Modelling, dentistry, and tattoos - Dr tapas deb-roy
Modelling, dentistry, and tattoos - Dr tapas deb-roy
"Personally I see tattoos as a way of expressing oneself, a form of art..."
"Personally I see tattoos as a way of expressing oneself, a form of art..."
Lost in translation - Ambika Modak
Lost in translation - Ambika Modak
"I’ve never had a riveting conversation with the uncles or aunties from my community bubble, mostly because I don’t know what they’re saying half the time..."
"I’ve never had a riveting conversation with the uncles or aunties from my community bubble, mostly because I don’t know what they’re saying half the time..."
The it crowd - Bina Choudury
The it crowd - Bina Choudury
"When I read statistics like only 17% of tech specialists are women and only 3% of women say a career in tech is their first choice, it blows my mind..."
"When I read statistics like only 17% of tech specialists are women and only 3% of women say a career in tech is their first choice, it blows my mind..."
Finding me - Sunny Gun
Finding me - Sunny Gun
"Whereas many of my peers were motivated by escaping economic poverty, I was motivated by escaping cultural poverty..."
"Whereas many of my peers were motivated by escaping economic poverty, I was motivated by escaping cultural poverty..."
Uni in the time of Covid - Vidya (Simran) Dev
Uni in the time of Covid - Vidya (Simran) Dev
"Since September, I had been living in student halls and it had been an amazing experience, learning to become an independent person, without having my parents doing my laundry or making my meals..."
"Since September, I had been living in student halls and it had been an amazing experience, learning to become an independent person, without having my parents doing my laundry or making my meals..."
Keeping faith - Tanay Mukherjee
Keeping faith - Tanay Mukherjee
"The Basanti Puja was held at such a time that there were recurring deadly smallpox epidemics in Bengal - referred to as ‘basonto Rog' in Bengali - each spring, which would leave lots of people fighting for their lives and of course, unable to participate or help in the puja..."
"The Basanti Puja was held at such a time that there were recurring deadly smallpox epidemics in Bengal - referred to as ‘basonto Rog' in Bengali - each spring, which would leave lots of people fighting for their lives and of course, unable to participate or help in the puja..."
Play the beat - Himanish Goswami
Play the beat - Himanish Goswami
"My ears have always been sensitive to sound and I could make out the various notes and tones and instruments in pretty much everything I heard. I think perhaps everything just pointed to one direction for me..."
"My ears have always been sensitive to sound and I could make out the various notes and tones and instruments in pretty much everything I heard. I think perhaps everything just pointed to one direction for me..."
Transition
Transition
"I never had the faintest idea that I would one day break out of this bubble, leave my roots, to start a new chapter in life in an unknown part of the world..."
"I never had the faintest idea that I would one day break out of this bubble, leave my roots, to start a new chapter in life in an unknown part of the world..."
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
"Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India), to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi, both members of the Brahmo Samaj..."
"Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India), to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi, both members of the Brahmo Samaj..."
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