Nagpur: Every day we come across situations that demands to be changed, but how many times do we actually change it? This seemed to be the driving question in the lives of five speakers at Samarpan Awareness Foundation’s ‘Open Your Eyes (OYE) Talks’ on Sunday at the Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Auditorium at Persistent Solutions, who saw the need to change the society and acted upon it in their own special ways and made it a little better.These speakers, consisting of entrepreneurs and social workers belonging to different age groups and coming from various walks of life, are no more humans than the rest of the world, but they are a lot more humane than the rest of us; OYE Talks was organized to motivate youngsters through their struggle stories in the event organized on the lines of TEDx Talks on International Youth Day.First speaker of the morning was an architect Mukul Kulkarni, who at the age when people think about retirement, aspired to be an entrepreneur and started a small cozy café at Hingna road. “Initially, you will face a lot of inhibitions just like I did. But the key is to go with your gut and prove yourself right,” said Kulkarni.He also recommended, “Every aspiring entrepreneur must read three books in his life- Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rynd. These will definitely motivate and keep you focused”.Shubham Jejani, a notorious child who got suspended from school in class IX, shared his story on how he went on to start his own NGO ‘Constructivity’ at the age of 16. “A right push at the right time can do wonders and had I not been expelled, I wouldn’t have the courage today to face challenges and take bold steps to bring about a change,” he said.Also speaking at the symposium was Dr Lalit Kumar, a member of planning committee of Central Government’s NITI Aayog and closely associated with Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, who said, “Today’s youth have the power of innovation, ideas and resources to change the society. Take a road less travelled by with conviction in yourself and success is sure to come your way”.

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