- Ishan Saluja
I’ve never really been a man of action. Sure, I want to do good, and right by humanity, but I’ve never actually been able to to anything about it. Partly because I’m probably the most lethargic person you’ll ever meet, but also because I didn’t really know how to go about it.
And just like the quintessential bollywoodian hero, that’s where YP comes in.
Following a post on a friends’s wall, I ended up at the inductions. And the rest as they say, is history.
But I’d rather still write about it.
I chose The Butterfly Project, because although I am working towards becoming an engineer; cinematography, scripting and photography have always been close to my heart. Always being since the past two years or so. The working with kids part was just icing on the cake.
Got called for an interview. The entrance requirements must be pretty low, considering the atrocity I drew in answer to the question of what I picture when I think about a street child.
- Ishan Saluja
Soon after, the meetings commenced.
And twice or thrice a week, for about two hours, I forgot all about Ohm’s law, or Einstein’s relativity, and spent time with some of the most amazing people I’ve met in a long time.
Everyone in YP is someone I aspire to take something from. We’re a bunch of opionated, kind-of-funny, want-to-do good, rag-tag ‘young people’, that have actually become good friends, and rather enjoy making Disha go crazy. I’d be lying, if I said that I didn’t look forward to the meetings each week.
Indeed, YP is helping me keep (in)sane, and although, I’ve only sort-of been on a location visit; something tells me, I’m going to love it.
- Ishan Saluja, 18, New Delhi.
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Ishan Saluja is currently volunteering for The Butterfly Project.
