Empowering the lives of Underserved Children


One of the Paint Our World children asked me

by March 10, 2017 0 comments

One of the Paint Our World children asked me ‘Priya Didi, who do you know when someone’s loves you’. This is my answer. POWerful love, Priya xoxo. P.S. The truth of the story in the video has made history: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Redmond

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Dance and Movement Therapy Workshops

by February 16, 2017 0 comments

Dance and Movement Therapy Workshops that work to emotionally emPOWer the children on myriad levels such as self esteem, motivation, discipline and trauma processing and release.

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And this is what the children of POW Delhi will return to today

by February 14, 2017 0 comments

And this is what the children of POW Delhi will return to today. As I am away from them (physically) POW’s Cake Fairy Gunmeet of Kandur has especially crafted this beautiful and indulgent Black Forest cake for the children. The special ingredient that Gunmeet always puts in her cakes for POW is love. Gunmeet how […]

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This is how Valentine’s Day began today at POW Kolkata

by February 14, 2017 0 comments

This is how Valentine’s Day began today at POW Kolkata! All the girls got yellow roses especially sent by POWer Kahaan Bhaiya before they left for school. The rose, as went ell them each Valentine’s Day is a reminder of how special, unique and celebrated each one of them is. Love is all around them […]

“My role models are the children I work with

by February 13, 2017 0 comments

“My role models are the children I work with – their wonder, their laughter, their affection – they are my primary motivation and my inspiration.” Thank you Riya Roy for this in-depth interview….POWerful gratitude, Priya

“I asked ‘why can’t these children sit on a table like you and me and eat?’”

by February 11, 2017 0 comments

“I asked ‘why can’t these children sit on a table like you and me and eat?’”…..“Women have reached out to me telling me that my articles have given them the courage to stand up to abuse from their husbands and in-laws.” This interview is with Shethepeople TV which is India’s ‘disruptive’ TV channel disrupting gender […]

Bhola was a happy-go-lucky man

by February 8, 2017 0 comments

Bhola was a happy-go-lucky man. He lived in a small village and was always happy and cheerful. He was always seen smiling and singing.This made some villagers jealous. How can this man be always happy? All of us have so many problems. But he always seems to be cheerful. Slowly they started hating him and […]

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And we at #PaintOurWorld believe in making making lives!!

by February 2, 2017 0 comments

And we at #PaintOurWorld believe in making making lives!!

Beautiful story

by February 2, 2017 0 comments

Beautiful story There once lived a great mathematician in a village outside Ujjain. He was often called by the local king to advice on matters related to the economy. His reputation had spread as far as Taxila in the North and Kanchi in the South. So it hurt him very much when the village headman […]

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Today I was a part of 2 panels on education in London

by February 1, 2017 0 comments

Today I was a part of 2 panels on education in London. The panels bore the stamp of rigorous research and courageous storytelling. My first talk disrupted the very notion of education as understood in the conventional sense of attaining degrees. And today I got my audience to sing with me :)! My second talk […]