The Anonymous Manifesto
The Anonymous Manifesto is where strangers tell their stories anonymously. We’re all fabulous in our own little ways, aren’t we?! And since our world is getting pretty condensed, this social experiment might expand our combined horizons.
Why Anonymous Manifesto?
Wait, I am confused. Why interview people?
Fair question. To find out how everyone else is able to live this unlivable life. And most importantly, to get back to having conversations with our fellow earth dwellers while prodding each other with deep questions.
What’s the point?
These interviews might show us that we are all people who are exciting, heartbroken, crazy, lonely, and thriving in some way and the same way. These interviews might inform, entertain, compel, touch, impact and inspire.
What’s a manifesto?
A public declaration of personal lessons, dreams, aspirations, opinions and goals.
Why anonymous?
These people are like you and me, common folks. Moreover, why wait in line to snag celebrity interviews? Eh?
Disclaimer:
This is not an opinionated survey of the human survival landscape. It’s a snapshot of their life in the now. To each his own.
Can I sign up to be interviewed?
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The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 20 – Treating America’s PTSD, One Human at a Time
AC, 25, is currently doing her PhD in Clinical psychology. Her parents are from India and her family moved to the States when she was 5. She talks about her research work, why she enjoys what she does and the changing role of women in our society. She talks about her...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 19 – Woman, Millennial and Single
JB, 24, is a biomedical engineer and a second generation Italian American from Philadelphia. She talks about the golden rule that shines a light on her life's path, and talks about her recent breakup and her dreams for the future. Talking to her made me realize that...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 18 – Throwing Pots, Taco Bell and a Touch of Humanity
HG, 40, is a First generation Indian American from a small town in Georgia. He talks about traveling to see the natural wonders of the world before they'll all disappear, and he explains his answers with a heavy dose of humanity. When you read out his answers, keep...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 17 – In His Own Words – Rugged, Handsome and Charming
ME, 49, is at the cusp of leaving the corporate world and taking a small sabbatical without much thought about the future, but with a decade's worth of planning in the past that has led up to this moment. He talks about his work, his 4 aunts he wishes to see soon in...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 15 – Your World When You’re Generation Z
JC, 14, is a rising 10th grader at a high school in Johns Creek. You've to read every word of hers fully keeping her mischievous smile in mind. She talks about teenagers and their obsessions with their phones, and the extent of procrastination that's permeated in...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 14 – The 8 Year Old With NASA PhD Goals
MS, 8, is full of imagination and usually says what's on his mind. And even if he's lecturing me on some aspects of life, like "One has to enjoy what they do for a living", he doesn't seem to realize that he's said something profound. Here’s the transcript of my face...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 13 – A Patriot’s Journey From Serving Flag Officers to Retirement
PR, 52, considers herself a patriot owing to her long service in the United States' defense industry. She talks about her picture perfect childhood in a strict Catholic upbringing in Virginia, her young adulthood as a member of Young Life, and her life as a working...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 12 – At the Threshold of Princeton
SS, 17, was reading Ernest Hemingway's Farewell to arms, when I met him this past weekend in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He's just graduated at top of his class at a special public STEM school and will start pursuing his Computer science degree at Princeton this...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 11 – Breakfast of Boy Scouts of USA
Sunday morning, I made toast and scrambled eggs with onions and spinach for Ky, my 12 year old who was leaving for a week long camp at Blairsville, Georgia. His boy scouts troop plans to camp at the Woodruff camp grounds until noon next Sunday. As I looked down into...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 9 – Love and Kindness in a 4 Year Old’s World
AT met me at a park, where she readied herself for an interview in the hot sun. She told me what she thinks the words love and kind mean, and all the things she likes to do with her family. Her parents are from India. Here’s the transcript of my face to face interview...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 7 – From a North Carolina Girl to a World Traveler – II
Continued from Part I * Heart: That's awesome, you approached him? GD: I did. And he had never played tennis in his life. And he came and played it like he had been playing it all his life. (Laughs) So, that kind of started the relationship. * Heart: Tennis or...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 8 – A Veteran, a Sheltie and a Ford Truck
SH, who drives a Ford Truck and has a "Veteran" license plate talks about his beloved dog, his opinion on Flint (From CNN: The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, was caused by cost-cutting measures leading to tainted drinking water containing lead and other toxins) and...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 7 – From a North Carolina Girl to a World Traveler – I
Early Tuesday morning, GD, 79 and a resident of Johns Creek, Georgia for 20 years, sat me on her cozy reading chair in a room that faces the road and excused herself to go check on the Chicken Tikka masala that was on the stove. While waiting, I looked at her yard...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 6 – Thoughts on Life From a Middle Schooler
KS, is a middle schooler and lives with his family in Johns Creek, Georgia. He shares his thoughts on his family, his middle school life and India - his parents' home country. He even has some tips for me as an interviewer. Here’s the transcript of my face to face...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 5 – A Finnish Grandmother With a Love for Sport and Independence
EJ, in her 70's is a Finnish grandmother, who invited me into her home and politely asked me to remove my shoes before we went into the living room. "No one wears shoes in the house." Surprising, I told her, both because Finland's a cold country and also...
The Anonymous Manifesto – Ep. 4 – The Indian Math Teacher From Georgia
SG, 50 is from India and teaches high school Math in [redacted], Georgia, population 70,000. He tells me about life in small town USA, his passion for a mentally stressful job like teaching and the respect he gets and the prejudices he faces from people he interacts...
The Anonymous Manifesto™ – Ep. 3 – Rock Band, Race Cars and the Firebird Mom – I
VR, in her mid 40's, is from Johnscreek, GA. She's mom to a girl and two boys from her husband's previous marriage. We talk about her Michigan militia childhood, what makes her laugh and inspires her to write among other things. Here's the transcript of my face to...
The Anonymous Manifesto™ – Ep. 2 – Have Passion Will Golf
SG, 21 years old, born and raised in Richmond, Kentucky, has just finished her Professional Golf Management course at the Eastern Kentucky University. She told me about her future in golf and how to she plans to stick to her passion doing what she loves. Here’s the...
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