The week I presented my journey and signed off a chapter

When one chapter ends and another begins

I start with Vinayagar. Always.

விநாயகர் துணையுடன், பகவதி அம்மன் காவலில், முருகன் தெளிவில், கிருஷ்ணன் தர்மத்தில்.

With Vinayagar's support, under Bhagavathi Amman's protection, in Murugan's clarity, with Krishna's dharma.

This is how I opened my jury presentation last Monday at 2 PM.

The presentation was called "Journey of an Authentic Development Professional."

I started with family. Then showed my evolution: arriving with energy, feeling discomfort with complexity, rewiring through field immersion in Pali, and now working in a slower, more careful way.

I talked about the Garaisya children who asked me to play a song in their language. How that moment made me see the colonial pattern we're repeating—forcing Hindi on tribal children the same way the British forced English on us.

I ended with this: "I connect more slowly, more carefully, and with greater respect for what already exists."

The jury happened. I presented. It's done.

That on next day, our group presented too.

PLC-4, Vikasa Taranga. Seven of us spent months in Pali district understanding why youth migrate despite local industries existing. We designed an intervention for youth enterprise development.

We presented our problem tree, causal chains, outcome mapping. We showed how we moved from thinking "water scarcity is the problem" to realizing "youth can't build dignified futures here."

After the jury, we went out for Pongal. South Indian hotel. The food tasted like home.

It felt like the right way to close a chapter.

This week was confusing and full of knowledge at the same time.

I'm sharpening my skills systems thinking, situation analytics, CFSR frameworks, program design. I'm reading new case studies on my own, processing what I learned in Pali, preparing for what comes next.

On Tuesday, I started my new PLC at Co-Life. Eight people. Simrita is our coach. We're beginning CoLife an international development learning program.

I don't know these people yet. But I'm looking forward to learning from them.

Next week will be fully busy.

But this week taught me something: Endings and beginnings don't feel dramatic. They feel quiet. You present your journey, eat Pongal with your group, and then start again with new people.

The work continues. Just in a different form.

I'm also working on AgentsFactory this week TextroAI, MelovoxAI, EyraAI. Building AI products for real business problems. This is the "something" I've been building alongside my studies.

Direction before design. Clarity before action.

That's what I wrote at the end of my jury presentation. It's becoming my practice.

For now, this newsletter and LinkedIn are the only two places I'm holding.

That feels enough.

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—
Meenakshisundareswaran Ravichandran (Nami 🌊)

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