Sattva turns a year old this month! It has been a journey of immense self discovery for all of us exciting, challenging and emotional. It seems like it was just yesterday that a bunch of us got together over dosas and cups of coffee at the Airlines hotel, waxing eloquent about how an e-magazine should look, who do we feature, what do we stand for, what do we steer clear of… and what has emerged over the last 12 issues has been special. Each and every article. Each and every issue. It was with some hesitation that I joined this young bunch of enthusiastic people last September, none of us with journalism experience of any kind, driven purely by passion to be a part of the social change process. We had a simple aim- there was a lot of good work happening in Bangalore and that’s what we would tell people about.
Slowly but surely, Sattva grew and we with it. From being an issue every month, we have bloomed into an organization with goals, plans, people management challenges – Sattva has indeed been a character building experience for all of us! During one of the day-long discussions we are so fond of having, one of the members who was relocating cried out in indignation “Whatever happens, you cannot take Sattva away from me” echoing our sentiments, scarcely had we realized how much we would love being a part of this magazine. To me, an eye-opener has been realizing how many more kindred souls like us existed in Bangalore, who were eager to read and support worthy causes and contribute to them instead of simply worrying about the world around us.
That brings me to the issue this month featuring “Youth” – the promise of tomorrow. The word youth brings to mind clichéd perceptions of carefree, reckless youngsters, living lives in the fast lane with scant regard to the future or of being responsible adults. The image cannot be any further from the truth. Youth is a time to conquer, a time to dream, to live those dreams, a time to step out and look at the world with eyes that are not coloured by the fret to age and experience – a time to use the young blood that rushes through those arteries to colour tomorrow’s world. People like Pavitra Chalam featured in our forefront section, Nitin Rao, our Sattvic Celebrity and Aadi, our tech guest columnist, exemplify the power of youth. And so emerge “a million rising suns” among the young, racing to forge the future... can it be anything but bright?
Our Youth. Our Asha. Click here to read our September Issue.
Slowly but surely, Sattva grew and we with it. From being an issue every month, we have bloomed into an organization with goals, plans, people management challenges – Sattva has indeed been a character building experience for all of us! During one of the day-long discussions we are so fond of having, one of the members who was relocating cried out in indignation “Whatever happens, you cannot take Sattva away from me” echoing our sentiments, scarcely had we realized how much we would love being a part of this magazine. To me, an eye-opener has been realizing how many more kindred souls like us existed in Bangalore, who were eager to read and support worthy causes and contribute to them instead of simply worrying about the world around us.
That brings me to the issue this month featuring “Youth” – the promise of tomorrow. The word youth brings to mind clichéd perceptions of carefree, reckless youngsters, living lives in the fast lane with scant regard to the future or of being responsible adults. The image cannot be any further from the truth. Youth is a time to conquer, a time to dream, to live those dreams, a time to step out and look at the world with eyes that are not coloured by the fret to age and experience – a time to use the young blood that rushes through those arteries to colour tomorrow’s world. People like Pavitra Chalam featured in our forefront section, Nitin Rao, our Sattvic Celebrity and Aadi, our tech guest columnist, exemplify the power of youth. And so emerge “a million rising suns” among the young, racing to forge the future... can it be anything but bright?
Our Youth. Our Asha. Click here to read our September Issue.
