THANk you,

You have opened up this space for women of color and it is immense to hear the voices on your blog. I am from india of indian origin married to white american man. Heartening to witness my mother in law who is now 98 Who has many black friends who feel comfortable To come over and visit her. I notice mothers have a way to influence their children through action. I benefit from Her son who has learnt to live the values of equality and freedom from her life. Nice to read your quote from gandhi. Inequality in india is of a different nature. It may not be about color (though being Fair COMPLEXIONED In our society weighs High especially in the matrimonial column) . We have our share of caste and class And gender divide. different Kind of CHALLENGES and poor communities living in slums and informal settlements in our context experience the same VULNERABILITies. We may not have the Same gun And physical violence like the US But we do haVe socio- economic and political discrimination and a violence of deep societal segregation. The recent covid crisis had thousands of MIGRANT workers Walk 500 -1000 kms to get back to their villages. They come to the city as cheap labour and the city is unable to care for their basic needs. We have three generation of people living in slums of mumbai without basic services of water, toilets and ELECTRICITY. This is the reality of over half of the city’s population.

While we all come packaged differently in our color and socio cultural context, what i am learning from living in different parts of the world is that human nature is the same everywhere. That we have a tendency to bully weaker Sections of our society and at the same time have a tremendous capacity for compassion and love. Learning each day to nuture the later. With you all During this time of grief and in our collective journey of healing and evolving and raising our collective vibration for the good of our planet in america and every other part. Celine