Bionote: Rouble Nagi is a social worker and activist and an author; she is the Founder of Rouble Nagi Art Foundation. Born in a small village in Jammu & Kashmir to Sikh parents and growing up as an army officer's daughter in Military cantonments all over the country has influenced her work and love for the nation. Rouble Nagi has been a social worker and activist all of her adult life, and believes that learning to extend the range of our compassion is activity and work available to all. She is …

The first rays of dawn hit the sky, the day’s advent bringing with it a soft illumination just as my alarm blared off. I’d been awake already, lying motionless in bed, thoughts of the day’s events running through my head. I sat up, glancing at the time before going through the rote motions of my daily ablutions, constantly checking and re-checking my plans for the slightest of flaws. You see, today was the day of my college interview. All eighteen years of my life had been building up to this mo…