{"id":373313,"date":"2017-12-15T10:23:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T04:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/?p=373313"},"modified":"2017-12-17T11:46:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T06:16:31","slug":"meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Diksha Bijlani,\u00a0The Immensely Talented,Erudite And Sassy Girl, Who Is All Set To Bring A Change In The Society With Her Strong And Bold Poetry!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>&#8220;Freedom lies in being bold&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Robert Frost<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Poetry has always proved itself to be a medium of expressing one&#8217;s heart, one&#8217;s bold and raw thoughts about any issue wrapped up in a properly arranged\u00a0 group of words. Every poetry is disparate and noteworthy and when someone like<\/em> Diksha Bijlani <em>thinks of speaking her heart out, those few lines attain the power of bringing a social change.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s peep into the life of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S017tN-vh98&amp;app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">National Youth Slam Poetry Winner<\/a>,<\/strong> a speaker in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=diksha+bijlani+tedxaiims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\"><strong>TEDxAIIMS<\/strong><\/a>, a girl who wants to be called or known as a Grammatically correct thinker and not as a writer\u00a0 with a short little conversation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374644\" style=\"width: 956px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"374644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\/hhhh\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?fit=956%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"956,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hhhh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?fit=956%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-374644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?resize=956%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\" width=\"956\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?resize=956%2C960&#038;ssl=1 956w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?resize=956%2C960&#038;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?resize=956%2C960&#038;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04030944\/hhhh.jpg?resize=956%2C960&#038;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BOLD IS BEAUTIFUL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>In conversation with Diksha &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>1)Hey Diksha! Tell us something about poetry&#8230;like what is poetry for you?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Poetry is a medium to fight the battles around me, and within me. I strongly believe that <strong>battles which are against the mind and mindsets, can primarily be fought with words.<\/strong> So that&#8217;s what I do, I employ words as weapons in this fight.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>2)What kind of stories do you love reading? Who is your favourite poet?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>(You mean poems?)<br \/>\nI love poems which borrow from personal experiences to arrive at a larger principle, or sassy poems directed at bigotry. My favourite poet is <strong>Dominique Christina<\/strong>!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>3)As a kid were you always interested in poetry?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>Not really, my family had no ambience for literature and the only poetry I was exposed to was in academic curriculum. I liked the subtlety in the artform, but that was about it. I was actually more of a fiction person, I found great strength in reading stories and deriving morals from them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-attachment-id=\"374645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\/gg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04031058\/gg.jpg?fit=721%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"721,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04031058\/gg.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04031058\/gg.jpg?fit=721%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-374645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04031058\/gg.jpg?resize=721%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\" width=\"721\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04031058\/gg.jpg?resize=721%2C960&#038;ssl=1 721w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/04031058\/gg.jpg?resize=721%2C960&#038;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>ALSO READ<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/mansi-multani-actress-bollywood-aib-casting-director-interview-ss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Being A Part Of AIB To Working In A Movie With Anushka Sharma! Meet Mansi Multani \u2013 The Powerhouse Of Talent !&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>4)Do you feel butterflies in your stomach when you think of any big performance? How do you manage\u00a0<\/b><b>to handle that?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>Not really; on the contrary, I am very calm at the thought of big performances. Sometimes, even eager and impatient for the occasion so I can share my story and hear others&#8217;. I think the select times I do feel anxiety is before performing a new poem, or a very vulnerable poem. I handle it by continually reciting the poem in my head, and deep breathing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>5)Tell us something about your other hobbies?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>I love Indian music vocals, I love doing math and reading physics for catharsis. I love the domain of academics too, it gives me an immense sense of purpose.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375359\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"375359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\/j\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130735\/j.jpg?fit=720%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"j\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130735\/j.jpg?fit=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130735\/j.jpg?fit=720%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-375359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130735\/j.jpg?resize=720%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\" width=\"720\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130735\/j.jpg?resize=720%2C488&#038;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130735\/j.jpg?resize=720%2C488&#038;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEDxAIIMS SPEAKER, DIKSHA BIJLANI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>6) On what themes do you basically love speaking?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>I write about issues which are Indian in nature &#8211; such as language hierarchies, I write about mental health, about the women&#8217;s movement, being queer, and my personal stories. Once, I also did a very nerdy duet on poets romanticising science without understanding it!<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375354\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"375354\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?fit=780%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"780,780\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?fit=780%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-375354 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?resize=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?resize=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?resize=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?resize=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05130034\/17103749_1490707034297420_4089866167601483817_n.jpg?resize=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SPREAD LOVE- THE ONES WITH THE FOUR PAWS ARE YOUR BESTFRIENDS!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<h3><b>7) Is there any message that you want to convey through your poetry?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>I want to send across the message that you can <strong>always speak up, speak out, and speak against<\/strong>. There is a safe space to hear you out, it exists and we are going to understand and hold you.<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>8) Any advice that you would like to give to the youth?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>Don&#8217;t let this world make you feel like the bad guy for standing up against something. Most people don&#8217;t want to do the emotional labour involved in dissenting, so they expect everyone else to &#8220;chill&#8221; with their movement too. Don&#8217;t let them brand you killjoy when you call out little things, with the realisation that those little things add to the bigger problem.<strong> Be rebellious, and always, always give a damn about issues. Surround yourself with people who do.<\/strong><\/div>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375413\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"375413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?fit=960%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?fit=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?fit=960%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-375413 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?resize=960%2C648&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"meet-diksha-bijlani-change-the-world-with-poetry-interview-ss\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?resize=960%2C648&#038;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?resize=960%2C648&#038;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/05144630\/20431770_1666804576687664_732781179928050733_n.jpg?resize=960%2C648&#038;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Be rebellious, and always, always give a damn about issues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>9) What is the thing about any issue that triggers you or makes you pick up your pen and start writing or\u00a0<\/b><b>thinking on that?<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>The fact that people don&#8217;t even know the issue exists. This is what my poem on <strong>High Functioning Depression<\/strong> came out of, this is also what my poem on the hegemony of English language in India stemmed from. I think the motive of educating others through my poems is stronger in me than self-expression through poetry.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diksha.bijlani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Follow Diksha on Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdryS2QvyK_xeul_y_RsPvQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external\">Follow Diksha on Youtube<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8220;Freedom lies in being bold&#8221; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Robert Frost \u00a0 \u00a0Poetry has always proved itself to be a medium of expressing one&#8217;s heart, one&#8217;s bold and raw thoughts about any issue wrapped up in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":377276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1,10324,12340],"tags":[11094,12237,12240,12239,12238,12341,11132,12343,12342,10283,1110],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diksha Bijlani, set to change the world with her strong and bold poetry!!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Noteworthy poet, Diksha Bijlani thinks of speaking her heart out, those few lines attain the power of bringing a social change. 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