I do realize the ease of writing about one’s values as opposed to being true to them in action. It is a constant struggle towards our ideal Self.

The value of Universality encompasses within itself a lot of other values. Work that comes out of us when we recognize the inherent universality within all of us imbibes lot of traits like – absence of any form of discrimination (gender, race, status, is non-hierarchical …); is open – does not recognize authorship of any sort; is transparent and truthful. And within such an environment or artifact all that is left is being playful.

The Unabused Childhood Hackathon
The Unabused Childhood Hackathon aims at generating solutions that address the most urgent issue of childhood abuse and rape. It invites people from a variety of backgrounds – people with experience in skin engineering research, sensors; designers; related medical experts; policy makers; developers and builders; parents and participants with personal stories and experiences with the issue.

Most cases of child abuse and rape go unreported, unknown even to the parents and guardians of the child. Most children are left clueless and helpless at making sense of the joltingly new and horrendous ordeal. Can we utilize the recent developments in Skin Engineering to address this issue? Given the sensitivity of the issue we need people from various backgrounds to come together to engage in co-developing possible solutions.