Sundance Dream

It’s been a while since I’ve discussed my NGO, Prayasam, and it is a much too valuable part of my life to not discuss it enough. Last week I went into Prayasam in order to put in some hours since Rita and I had missed most of the week. Amlan, the founder, has asked me to come talk with him for a moment and so I gingerly strolled over to his quarters. As I sat across the desk from him, he told me that Piyali enjoyed my writing so much that they wish me to write more for Prayasam. I cannot do justice to how I felt when I heard that. I love writing, and even better, I find supreme joy in being able to write, especially about things that I am passionate about. I am more than blessed to write about Prayasam, and I find it extremely rewarding to be able to advocate for this amazing organization. Well, apparently, a member of the Sundance team, yes I mean the documentary organization Sundance, is interested in Prayasam’s documentary. They want to further research Prayasam and possibly accept the Prayasam documentary as a part of Sundance. This would be such an honor for Prayasam and well deserved, might I add. Amlan had created 3 concepts that he has as a vision for Prayasam, and he wanted me to type up a short summary of those 3 concepts to send to Sundance to be considered. Again, no pressure. I ended up typing up a short summary, and I must say that I didn’t have to try at all to make Prayasam sound like a radically awesome organization and one that Sundance would be lucky to be associated with.

            Amlan also told me that if Prayasam is accepted into Sundance, he would like me to help him with the process, because he wants my perspective since I am both an American and a member of Prayasam. He said that even with me back in the states, he wants us to correspond so that I can be a part of this, especially since I enjoy documentaries so much. Again, floored. This is something that I don’t even have to consider before emphatically yelling, “Absolutely!” I love documentaries, thus I love Sundance, and I love Prayasam, so what a beautiful relationship? A match made by the Greek gods I tell you! Just kidding, but really, such good news! I am so excited to be able to work with Prayasam and Sundance if this goes through, and this will further my experience with documentaries so that I can bring more experience to Extending the Link, a documentary team that I am a part of at school. I also told Amlan, that years and years from now, I would jump at the opportunity to help Prayasam with any documentaries they wish in the United States or other advocating they so wished. Literally, their wish is my command, and a pleasurable one at that. I’m typically not a morning person, but Friday morning was indeed glorious! Who says Peace Studies majors can’t get jobs after college? Fools, I tell you, fools.