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Ishita Khanna is the co-founder of Eco-sphere, a social enterprise that strives to bring together conservation, mountain travel and adventure.
Eco-sphere focuses on creating sustainable livelihoods in the Spiti Valley, a breathtakingly beautiful geo-climatic cold desert in Himachal Pradesh with a population of just over 10000. The company has won several accolades both in India and internationally such as the Green Energy and Green Livelihoods Achievement Award, from the Sierra Club in 2009 and the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Award 2010 for Best in a mountain environment.
The rugged terrain of Spiti makes for a demanding work environment. But despite the geographical isolation and poor communication infrastructure, Ishita Khanna has managed to persist in her endeavour to develop the local economy by linking it to environmental and cultural conservation. Promoting eco-travel, organic products as well as traditional handicrafts made by local artisans, Ishita has carved a niche for Eco-sphere and has also captured the hearts of the inhabitants of Spiti.
Ishita Khanna was voted as the MTV Youth Icon in 2008 and was also awarded the Real Heroes Award by CNN-IBN.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For having the vision and commitment to pursue a calling that few Indian women would choose
– For working with passion for the environment and love for the mountains
– For bringing innovation to the areas of eco-travel and sustainable living
– For being a source of hope to the simple people of Spiti
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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