– A note from the founder
Don’t Quit – because every difficulty is an opportunity in disguise.
—Unknown
It was the month of January in the year 2019. I was preparing for civil services exam which was going to be held in the next month. I remember I was going to the cyber cafe to print out my admit card. That was when I met with an accident. My waist was injured. The next day when my house was full of guests to visit me, I got a message from him that he wanted to breakup.
I didn’t get an opportunity to cry myself out. The man whom I believed to be my soulmate was long gone and I had an exam to prepare for. I gave the preliminary part of the exam with a broken heart and after that I went into a depression mode. Suddenly everything started to make sense like ‘dude it’s over, accept it, he is never going to come back’. It took almost six months for me to just realize that it’s over. I remember I cried like hell. The empty periods seemed to be like forever as if it was never going to end.
I chose to remain single for the rest of my life but that also didn’t offer a solution. My bereaved heart was not founding peace anywhere. One day in the month of August 2019 a thought came to me, I remembered I used to make videos for him. While I was in a relationship with him I realized that I possessed the talent of making amazing videos. All those years I spent making videos for him, doing things that would make him happy. By now I realized why not start making videos for myself? Lets test my skill for me.
8 August 2019, I opened my Youtube channel with the name Pitch Perfect and posted my first video reciting a Bengali poem. I recieved about 200 views in a week. I felt motivated. I made some more videos on poetry, music and travel vlogs. Again, received good response. I decided to change the name of the channel but couldn’t found a proper one. For a month I just kept wondering. Finally I came up with a name matching with mine. VictoriSHEous. The SHE in VictoriSHEous is a symbol of gender equality. Career, success and victory should not be gender biased. As women we too have the right to pursue our dreams.
People around me kept chattering that at this age I was supposed to be married, I could go ahead with my career after marriage if my husband permits. I was supposed to get a bald, aged husband and there would be difficulty in conceiving a child etc.
In the present scenario, it’s not just the story of a single woman. Each and every woman out there who wants to pursue her dreams and live on her own terms face this kind of challenges in a patriarchal society. For all those women including myself I decided to make videos to send messages to the society.
15th November, 2019 , I published my first group work, an audio story. A channel that I started on my own started growing into a larger one with many young talents joining it. The larger a group, the larger problem it was supposed to face. So did I. I lost many close friends out of misunderstanding whom I still miss. I want them back even today but you know you can’t control other people’s actions.
My bereaved heart started healing and I finally managed to get out of my depression mode. Within a short span of time my team and I created two short films that was much appreciated by the viewers. I must say that I am really lucky to have got such a wonderful team which is full of talented people. This team has not only gifted me with amazing co-stars but also good friends, brothers and sisters whom I would like to cherish throughout my life.
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