Diksha Bijlani is the winner of India’s first National Youth Poetry Slam, runner-up in Button Poetry’s video contest and featured poet in events such as College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Chicago, India’s first Mental Health Festival in Delhi, and India’s first spoken word festival Spoken in Mumbai, among others. She is a Public Policy graduate from Harvard Kennedy School, and currently works in climate change at the World Bank. Diksha’s work touches cultural identities, mental health and women’s general awesomeness—with the belief that our personal stories, and empathy for others’, is the most powerful force in the world.
