Participatory Association to Nurture Development Activities-PANDA

Rethinking Inclusiveness - Creating a PANDA Identity What do we mean by Organizational identity? How do we, as an entity, define ourselves? How do we know who we are? The answers to these questions can seem easy in the beginning. But as a group of people evolves as an organization, the answers may become complex and void. The answer to the question “Who are we?” is not limited to just selecting a certain goal, organizing a group of people and creating activities to achieve those goals. So how do you create an identity? That’s precisely the question we as a PANDA asked ourselves. How do we know and create who we are? Our journey begins with a relatively simple and precise vision, to create an inclusive future. And how do we create an inclusive future? By bringing together a group of excellent leaders and assisting them in realizing their potential to create positive change in our society. But over the two years of our journey, we realized that our identity is somewhat vague. We don’t ...

The Story Under Blue Sky By Mahdi Munshi mahdimunsi@gmail.com Graphics By : Aquib Rezwan aquibrezwan0@gmail.com It was a cold January day in 2020. 5 friends from Dhaka University got together in an open tea stall and started their usual gossip about random stuff after getting off of an afternoon class. Suddenly, the topic of the gossip changed into something serious ― what do we expect of a society from the development perspective? Each of the five friends had a wildly divergent point of view. However, eventually, upon discussion, they found a common ground ― a society will really be developed when the fruit of development can be enjoyed equally by its people regardless of their race, gender, religion and caste ― an inclusive society. It was at this point that one of the friends proposed, “Why don't we do something to help achieve this ‘inclusive’ society?”. And that is how the idea for PANDA came. The 5 friends then start pitching their ideas of a unique development organization t...

Eating disorder: Real life story 3 "The bulimia started a week after we got engaged and would take nearly a decade to overcome"  Said Princess Diana in one of her confession tapes where she provided explosive details about her eating disorder. The statement above confirms that she had suffered from bulimia for a very long time. The princess had always felt lonely and insecure ever since she was aware of her husband, Prince Charles' affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. Her marriage that felt like a dream come true soon became a nightmare while she kept falling deeper into bulimia. The princess recorded herself saying "My husband put his hand on my waistline and said : a little bit chubby here, aren’t we? and that triggered off something in me and the Camilla thing". She confessed to binging on a large amount of food and ran towards the bathroom to throw it all up. In an interview with BBC, Diana was asked about her eating disorder. She replied - "Yes I did. I ...