Judging someone by the look of them is just something we all do even though
we know it’s incorrect, it’s a popular saying too, ‘Never judge a book by its
cover’.
You judge someone and just have a predefined image of them in your mind,
we do not know the entire story behind that person and judging them by the
first glance is outright incorrect.
In this session by the Usha Pravin Gandhi’s Women Development Cell, we here
the story and struggles of the Performing Artist and Story Teller: Swapnil
Sabban’s story.
The speaker was very open to every query the students had and also had a real
way of looking at it.
Swapnil did not just want to share his story, he wanted to clear the doubts
everyone had about the community. He explained and answered every
question peacefully and cheerfully while educating us on the subject and the
community.
He spoke about everything, how his dance came into place, when did he
realize, rejection from toxic people in lives, laws, showing of the community in
the entertainment zone and so much more. While sharing his experiences. He
said, finding comfort was only the time when he slept. He couldn't trust his
friends because they then turned to be competitors, the bond was a bit left.
Also saying “I used to put on my saree with my beard on, very few people did
that and people looked down on me for it. I was asked for a fashion show, I was
asked to choose to do it as a man or a woman, which I didn't like. I did it with a
beard and I won the pageant. It changed; people who were teasing me started
doing the same.”
He also stated, “People bring you down and try to make you feel bad. I was
once asked by Times of India for an interview and they put up a hoarding of
me, that was a time I felt truly happy. It felt good.” His story was touching.
He ended the session by making us learn that we shall always empathize.
When he was in the hijra community, he learnt life there.
This session taught us about the people who we encounter on a daily basis but
we know so little about. Society has taught us to look a certain way, but the
greatest takeaway from this event was “treat everyone how you would like to
be treated.”
Comentários