Khanak Hajela is one of the youngest socio-economic activists, who wants to change the world, the way it thinks
It is not fortune and riches that one requires to lend help and pursue charity, but it is rather thoughtfulness and compassion towards fellow human beings that makes one person reach out to others. A thirteen-year-young girl from Indore, M.P. is one of the best examples of the 21st century to help humanity understand the same. Khanak Hajela, a 8th grade student from The Delhi Public School Indore, is creating ripples with her thought process and efforts to make this world a beautiful place to live in. This young girl has broken all the stereotypes and thinking of how people should consider charity and humankind once they are well-settled & mature enough to understand the needs & that is not enough for her, as she is also presenting a self-sustained model for the implementation of her plans thru the substantiation of her innovative & unique social channel “GupShup with Khanak” – A YouTube channel on financial literacy taking India’s giant financial inclusion program to the grass root level.
Khanak Hajela is one of the youngest socio-economic activists, who wants to change the world, the way it thinks. What makes her approach unique and different from most of the NGOs and social workers out there is her mission to “delight” as she thinks that “In being Happy” and “In being Delighted” has an intrinsic difference in it. Happy humans can perform and can give the best but a delighted person can add a Tint ( or Tadka) of freshness and creativity to the same activity and can do the things with a difference. The fact that many of the NGOs and social groups helps the underprivileged section of the society by providing things that are just needed or are in surplus or not in use & old, but Khanak who is participating in such events since her childhood always has a pink balloon question - They are getting the things what is been provided …. But are they Happy and delighted ….. do they have a right to choose ?- “ Mera wala pink”
She feels “Yes” they have a right to choose, they should get the things of their own choice. She believes that it is their right “to be delighted” as in absence of delightfulness, The creativity, passion and art in them may be suppressed at a very nascent stage.
Inception – Story behind the Initiative
It all started a few years back when young Khanak was at a donation drive, where toys and bags were being distributed at a local orphanage. She saw the expressions of a little girl in the queue, who wanted a pink bag and knew they would end by the time it is her turn to receive. The fact that she will receive a yellow bag surely made her happy, but receiving the desired pink bag would have made her delighted instead. This made Khanak wonder about the difference between the state of being happy and delighted, and how being delighted would change the world into a beautiful place. Understanding it, Khanak decided to spread delightfulness, not merely happiness in the world.
This incident changed her life and thought process, where she believes that everybody has a right to choose, and receiving things of choice will make underprivileged people delighted.