Prior to my citizenship of Asgardia, I had a dream of creating a place where I could be free from current defunct social structures. The objective was progress but overall progress of an individual does not come cheap nor unhindered.
I wished to progress by learning but ...
Prior to my citizenship of Asgardia, I had a dream of creating a place where I could be free from current defunct social structures. The objective was progress but overall progress of an individual does not come cheap nor unhindered.
I wished to progress by learning but educational systems were inadequate in imparting a student with different learning curves. So when I faced hurdles in my learning environments, I also thought of ways to counteract these problems and move beyond for my development.
It was a time when the Information Age did not connect me and it was a luxury to use a computer and the internet. A middle-class boy with inadequate resources can only progress so far. I used all the available resources and attempted to solve my basic problems of learning and living. Thanks to some guidance from my 11th&12th Grade Geography Teacher, Mrs. Manjula Teotia I got a direction in life. My previous years prior were directionless and I was flying loose like a kite without strings. I had talent and skills but no opportunity/direction to use them or point them at.
She not only helped me identifying myself but she also boosted my confidence and helped me identify my team skills in our 11 student class. This was my first real encounter with a teacher who shaped their students. She made me responsible and helped me identify my strengths and weakness. I learned what skills I need in the outside world and how to shape my own destiny.
After my schooling, I was a focused individual with good virtues from both my parents and teachers and a will to establish order both in my life as well as those around me.
I joined a law school as soon as I could over the course duration I saw varied changes in both my personality and behavior. I was strong before but now I had the responsibility of using that mental & physical strength for the betterment of society.
After graduating with a Hons. degree in Law, I got admitted to the Bar Council of India and now my real hurdles began surfacing.
I saw hurdles in the legal field in the form of intern exploitation by both practicing advocates and private companies. They all took advantage of the fact that a learning student will work for free. This was a displeasing fact as law schools itself train their students well enough that a law degree and bar admittance is just a technical hurdle.
A student certified as degree holder and license to practice are enough criteria for his work to be treated well and valued in both skill and monetary terms.
I decided that such a practice will not be allowed in my office and my interns will be paid well. I finished my internships till I needed to polish my skills and then I quickly turned an Independent Practitioner.
But now I faced more hurdles than before. The previous two systems were closed environments where hurdles were limited and a little oriented. But now I was in an open environment where I was among all sorts of players both within my field as well as outside.
I used my gaming experience in the territorial dominance of an area and applied in real life. Games like Chess, Ages of Empire/ FPS /Strategy and finally physical combat experience was useful in keeping my mind and body fit and keep a vigilant charge of my environment. I now traverse in three cities and follow my work ethic along with it.
But challenges like availability of resources, pollution, and my public handling still poses risks to me as an individual as well as my role as an Advocate.
I had finished my dissertation in College on Sustainable Development. Its basis was founded on my mother's habit of tending to her garden. She would dutifully take care of all the different plants and in doing so had made our house better and economical.
Our electricity bill is low enough to fulfill our needs. Our cooling systems like AC and Coolers need not be used much as our house has become naturally suited. In the summer it is cool enough and in the winters it is warm enough.
I followed an environment protection policy for my home and follow up on laws as well.
It may look like I have been going on about myself but in reality, my dream encompasses all these problems as well. Not just for me but for every citizen of this planet and this new Nation which has in its Constitution aimed at resolving such problems only signifies that all of us who have joined here have the same objective irrespective of the fact as to which field/profession/territory they reside or belong to.
My understanding is that our present social structures of government/administration/and others only propose change via progress but lack truly in bringing in the entirety of its community to achieve that true overall progress.
But being a new member has revitalized me and rekindled the hope that I can become a Global Citizen and one day for sure I will be among one of them who traversed space itself.
There was a game called Freelancer. One of my first games where I was a Space traveling individual who made trades of commodities, took missions and traveled from one space station to another planet. Now there are more games where a person can pursue real-life scenarios in space. But I am pleased to know that there is one Nation that brings that virtual reality to life itself.
Now I see myself as a future prospect for a space travel in my own spacecraft.
