When You are Ready to do Something Just Jump in and do it | The AskAviArya Show.

I've never felt younger and more youthful and more energetic in my life before. So I think it's just a constant journey and you have to keep accepting yourself as yourself and you also keep evolving.

Hey guys, this is Avi Arya. Father of two girls, six dogs, husband to a superwoman, a streetcar racer turned hotelier, now social media marketer and founder of Internet Moguls. Welcome to my channel. So Kriti, you know as, as per our format, what we always do is for our guests I always we have something called a hero introduction. I believe that the shortest distance between two human hearts is always a good story. You tell somebody a true, genuine story and you connect hearts for forever. So I'm going to give you a short story of who I am and then we'll ask ask you to tell us your story. Sounds good.

Yeah, sounds excellent.

So excellent. So my name is Avi Arya, father of two girls, six dogs, husband to a superwoman, a streetcar racer, turn hotelier, now social media marketer and founder of Internet Moguls. This we call in our community as our quick short hero introduction. Over to you.

I've done the three day workshops. I better know mine well. So I'm Sukriti Talwar. I'm a mother of a 17 year old son who's 6ft and 2 inches tall. I don't know where he got the height from. Definitely not from me. And I have an amazing husband who just lets me be me as an individual. And I'm a fitness enthusiast. I wouldn't call myself a fitness expert but I am constantly learning and motivating through my journey. So I am very grateful for that.

Awesome. So guys, for all of you people. So Kriti and I went to school together in fact almost in the same class for some time. This was seems now like many, many, many years ago. Modern school, Barakamba Road, New Delhi. It seems it's like another lifetime in such a long time. I think we've all changed, evolved and I think at this stage of our life just, just enjoying every bit of it every day and being grateful. The one thing that we have common is I think that both of us have this, have this burning desire to say thank you God almost every day.

Yes, very much. I think we connected more through that than anything else.

Yes, absolutely. So Sukriti, you know one of my coaches told me many years ago I still work with two coaches over here in Canada because I believe everybody needs somebody to be able to show them the mirror and tell them where they're going wrong. So that they can get out of their heads and do what they need to do. So one of my coaches told me, abhi, every human being is a permission sip. We are all giving permission sips to others to say, hey, you know what? I'm doing well. You can do well too. What allows you to, to be fearlessly you?

I think what allows me to be fearlessly me is that I've never been comfortable being anything else but me. So when I try to, like, I've always just done my best being myself. But I've also constantly evolved. I was never into any fitness journey as such. I was the laziest person. I literally played no sport in school. I just games period for me used to be like just going to the canteen or faffing around here and there was like a break time for me. But I think that the fact that I accepted myself as I was then and then as life just happened to me, which was at a much later stage after my son, after, like, I mean, much after my son. I had my son when I was 27 years old and I started running when I was 37 years old. So there was a, like a whole decade after. But I think the fact that I allow myself to not be, you know, like, just jailed by age and like the right time to do the right thing, I don't have any such concept. I just feel when you're ready to do something, you should just jump at it and do it. I don't think age or your, you know, gender should be anything to do with that. Like, I've just recently started playing tennis two weeks ago and I've never picked up a racket in my life before that. Maybe for a picture or something, I must have. But I mean, you know, it's just like I've looked. I mean, I've never felt younger and more youthful and more energetic in my life before. So I think it's just a constant journey and you have to keep accepting yourself as yourself and you also keep evolving. So that's the beauty of allowing change to happen as and when it does, and embracing it perfect.

Because this is one, one challenge that most of us are not able to overcome, which is to accept ourselves the way we are, we are. Either in the past, I should have become so this so and so or now, while I'm in the present, I'm thinking of what I could have been. So a lot of this has to do with the company that you keep. Would you believe that? You know, they say you're the sum total of the five People that you hang out with. I often say, you show me your five friends, I'll show you the next five years.

Yes and no. Because I think I'm the only one amongst my closest friends who's gone so into, you know, I mean all my friends used to be into their gym and exercise and all at that stage of life. And I was totally out of it because I was genetically always thin. So because, you know, for a long time thin was being fit. You know, if you're thin, you're fit, you don't need to like, you know why you go to the gym, you're so, you're so thin. You know, it was never about strength or anything. It was just like only fat people are supposed to work out or exercise or whatever. Otherwise, like, why are you even doing this? So I was, I would say of course it's a lot to do with company because now I feel that now that I've got into this journey, I am coming across more people who are like minded and now I connect with them much better because our lifestyles are similar. We sleep earlier, we eat healthier, we don't drink that much, we prefer early mornings, our workouts mean everything. So that way, yes, the connect is far more. But I think if you really want to make a shift, you have to just, even alone, just make that shift. You know, even if you're not in that, in the company, you can't keep that as an excuse that I have to find the company and then go. You have to find your goal. And then when you find the goal or you find your journey, the, the company happens automatically because you've chosen that path. So you will come across those kind of people. And I've noticed you're saying, yeah, yeah, please go ahead. I've noticed that also when I, you know, like when I was pregnant, I would only meet pregnant people. You know, when I, when I was practicing Buddhism, I would just come across Buddhists, you know, when I was, I don't know, it's just, I think when you are doing, following a path, you tend to have those conversations and you tend to find people like that. So it happens automatically.

So just to recap, what you're saying is you need not necessarily have a starting point where you're supported by the people who are doing what you want to do. But once you take the initiative to do what you want to do, eventually you will land up in the company of people who are doing what you do.

Yes, absolutely. Because you will, you will be following a direction of your passion. Or whatever you're passionate about. And I think on the journey you will just continually, continuously meet people who will inspire. And my circle is, I mean, my friends are still my friends, the ones I used to hang out with. But I've totally changed so much with knowing different kinds of people from different backgrounds of life, which in a modern school was totally all mostly the similar background people you would rarely meet someone who would teach you something else. You know, everyone came from a similar household. And also I think I've learned a lot more through my running journey because I've met people from the army, I've met people from the Navy. I've met people from like such simple homes. I met people from extravagant homes. I've just met all walks of life. And everyone has such an amazing and inspiring story. So which is, which is brilliant and like you're constantly motivated.

That's fantastic. Tell us about that story of yours on how you once went to Lodhi Garden just for a trip and then you got hooked to running 4, 5, 10 miles.

Actually, that's what it was. Because I, like, I said for me, I had to keep pinching myself that I could even walk. You know, I would like just say like, you know, bring the car or something. Like, I was just very, very lazy to do anything. And one day I was going, I started going to the gym after my son because I had like put on a bit of, a bit of weight and that particular day the gym was shut. So I decided that since I'm wearing my fitness clothes and shoes and all, why go back home? I'll just, you know, go to Lodhi Garden and take around. So when I started walking, I just said, let me just run a little bit. And I ran. And before I knew it, I had reached half around. And I stopped, not because I was tired, but I stopped because I was shocked that, you know, how the hell have I run half around, which is about a kilometer in Lodhi Garden? And I was like, oh my God, like, I better stop. So, so the next day I got really excited and I went back and I decided to run the full round, which is approximately 2.2 kilometers. And I managed to do that. And I felt like, I don't know, I won the Oscar or something. And I kept doing that for around three, four months. And then I read an ad in the newspaper which was about Pinkathon, which was, which was all women's run head. You know, it was headed by Milan Sohman and it was to create awareness about breast cancer for women. And it Became a yearly event. Sadly hasn't happened, obviously because of COVID but that was the starting point of me getting into like events of running. And then that led me to run my first 10 kilometer run, which actually I signed up for a 3.3k, but I started running and I mean, I changed my bib to a 5k because some girls were there and they told me to run with them and I ended up doing a 10k. I didn't run the full 10k, but I walked and ran and I couldn't believe that I had touched that distance. And then I just got so hooked onto it. Then I signed up for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and from there it just went on. I've been to Amsterdam for a half marathon. I've been to Ladakh for a half marathon. I've done a full marathon distance alone on my own, which is 42.2 K, not on an event, just during COVID time. So I think it's amazing that just how one act of yours can lead you into a passion for life. I mean, hopefully if my body allows me to love, to run till I can. Because it's just not just a body game, it's a mind game. It's really, really made me a very different person. Like, it's made me value time. It's made me, you know, unwind in so many ways. It's like so therapeutic and it's so motivating and not knowingly, unknowingly I have managed to motivate so many people. When I meet people at, you know, like, I still have to pinch myself saying that I motivated you. Like, you know, I'm still the one who's getting motivated every single day and every minute of my life. But it's amazing that it's happened.

But it does because when I, when I see your early, when I see your early morning post as well. Although when you talk about 42 kilometers, just listening to you hurts my knees. But when I do, when I do see that early morning run, I'm like, you know this, I've just woken up and you know, here she's already done with her run. It must be a very different morning and obviously a very different start to the day when your mind has achieved something where everybody else is, you know, just waking up and having their tea or coffee. So does it feel, does it, does it, does it, does it feel like a new you when you do all this?

I don't know the old me anymore. Let me just say that I think because it's been almost nine or 10 years since I've been doing this. But, yes, I am, like, changing every day. I'm getting stronger in my mind, like, because of the people I'm connected with or the workouts that I'm doing or the. I don't know, whatever's happening, it's just like every day is learning something new. Like, today was 90% humidity. In the morning, I was like a tap. But, you know, like, two or three of my friends have pushed me so much that I cannot quit a workout that. That just keeps ringing in my mind that no matter what, I have to finish my workout. So I was like this drenched. I was like, you know, if. I mean, if I could do this to my headband, I would be like Milka Singh with all the sweat pouring. But it was. It's just an amazing feeling because when you come back, you. The runner's high is. Is a real high. It actually exists. It's not just a term. And I think it's just. It's just amazing that the day I feel a little low or the day I feel a little out of it. I used to earlier miss my workout because, you know, maybe like, I'm. You just say you just give yourself relaxation, but now I make it a point that on that day, I must do it because it's an instant upper. It's like an instant mood lifter. You don't need anything else. You come back and you're a changed human being. You know, the sweating, the. I don't know, it's just amazing. It's just amazing. The. I mean, physical movement really, really does what does work on the mind for.

Sure and for you to motivate yourself. Do you need. You have an alarm? Do you have the, you know, the positive peer pressure that two of your friends are waiting or you just, you.

Know, I don't run with anyone. I never used to have always been a solo runner, but I, thanks to Covid, now all those things also have reduced, even if I did run. But I have like one or two mentors. Like, one of the person in my life who's recently, in the last one year, really influenced me has is, you know, constantly checking on my workouts and making sure that I don't quit. So I. What I do is I send him my workout or I'll send it to another friend of mine. And between the two of them, I'm so guilty that if I don't do it, I will be whipped, literally. So, you know, it's just one of those things that you have to find your why and you have to find your. You have to just be an answerable to one other person, which is actually being answerable to yourself at the end of the day. But it's just that that guilt will get you through because there's another person who knows of what you're up to. Like what you say, call your buddy and just be answering.

Yes, yes.

It's kind of that. It's kind of that.

Yes. So that's exactly. You know, having a buddy partner is completely trans. In fact, Jack Canfield and I'm sure Chicken soup for the soul, everybody follows that. And so I had the opportunity to sit down with Jack Canfield over a lunch and I spoke to him and he said, what do you, what are your plans? I gave him some, you know, some very big dreams that I had. And he said, don't go about achieving them alone. Have a tribe with you and you'll get there faster, smarter and happier. And so I guess, I guess subconsciously all of us are practicing that, you know, you have a tribe, you have an accountability partner. And if somebody calls it a buddy partner, accountability. But you correct eventually. Accountability to the self.

Yes, absolutely.

Yeah. Now, moving on, you know, changing gears, a lot of people, when they listen to you, the first reaction of many human beings is to have an excuse. You know, we, you know, actually I have got my, my children at home, you know, my husband, my responsibilities, my entrepreneurial venture and all of that. And you've got, you know, by the grace of God, you've got all of these responsibilities with you. So can you, can you tell our audience how you balance it all? Is there, is there a format?

So I have to actually thank my son for the early mornings because running happened because of him, because I used to go and drop him to the bus stop every morning at 5:45 was my alarm set because I had to wake him up. And he goes to Vasant Valley, which starts at 7:25. So the bus used to come at 6:40. So 6:40 I had 6:35. I had to be at the bus stop. So I had already been awake for so long that I was wide awake by the time I used to hit the bus stop. So I just started doing this for like, you know, a month, two months. And then I realized, I said I don't go home and sleep immediately. Why don't I just get on and start running? You know, like that, which, that low D Garden day and the gym day that happened. And thanks to this body clock, I've always been an early riser, but of course not 5:45am but it's just that my, I was so wide awake. I had already, you know, had like, of course he was much younger that time, helped him to get ready and stuff like that and dropped him. So an hour when you've been awake, your mind is quite wired at that moment so you can't just suddenly go back to sleep. So I think that kind of helped me to manage my timing of being the mother and making sure he's in school by like watching him go to school, go to go inside the bus and go and do my workout. And I used to come back and get the best sleep of my life because I was done with my workout, I was done with my motherly duties and and my husband luckily is not a very demanding husband from a wife in terms of like I don't have to, you know, get his clothes ready or anything like that. He's very independent man that way. So I don't have any pressure like that. And thankfully like the house is run comfortably by my mother in law. So I am a very lucky girl that I have the bare minimum responsibilities and whatever I have, I manage to make time. And even if we do go out at night and stuff, I choose my nights because now my priority is my morning. So I have missed friends engagements and friends children's engagements in the last 10 years because for me that event was the next morning. If there's an Airtel half marathon, I will miss the best party in Delhi. That's a given. So you have to choose your priorities and then life just, I think you have to have an understanding spouse for sure. And you have to prioritize your home and your child and your husband in such a way that you are able to be a happy individual so that you can be make others happy. So you know that I love what.

I love what you said about making a choice. And I've always, I've always encountered this whenever you embark upon a new journey.

Right.

You temporarily lose your old friends.

Yes.

So and that's okay, you know, and that's okay because you know they're your friends, they're always going to be there. You will make new people. I always say when somebody is going for an MBBS or going for engineering or becoming a lawyer, they do miss out on Diwali and New Year's and all of those major events in life. And that is accepted by everybody. Yes. But after we cross a certain age, we have to make ourselves believe that what I'm doing is Equally important as if, you know, I was doing an MBBS or whatever earlier on and it's okay to say no to the whole world for a bit.

Yeah, absolutely. People do think you're crazy. People think. People think, you know, like, what's wrong with you? I mean, why can't you just skip it and all, you know, I mean, it's part of a training plan and it's part of your discipline. So it's not about that one night. It's about, you know, every other day or every other night. So if you're not going to be firm about what you really want to do is then, you know, you're not going to be able to do either or you're not going to be able to enjoy going out. You're not going to be able to enjoy. Of course, having said that, it's not that I've not made exceptions. I have. But sure, mostly it's like a, like a way of life now that I, it's become, you know, I just enjoy this so much more than every other night out. Of course I enjoy my nights out too, but there's the balance you have to strike and then you prioritize according to what's more important on that particular day.

So is there like a target like 5,000 miles before this much time or how does, how does that. What keeps you going?

It's actually event based, pretty much like if you have a goal, like I had a goal to run a 42.2 in December 2020 before, you know, I mean, it was just something I wanted to do in 2020. So I worked from. It's a training plan that I started in like July or August. And then through July, August, September, October, November, worked on the plan and December I was able to run the 42.2. So basically you work like right now I have. I'm just. I'm not really working towards any event because there aren't any running events happening. I was going to train for the Ladakh marathon again, a full. I was wanting to do a full this time, but unfortunately I don't think that's happening. So I'm just keeping like a, you know, like a maintenance running plan, which is about 50 kilometers a week, 50 to 60 kilometers a week. So I'm running four times a week, but I don't have any goal right now. So if right now I have to, you know, make a choice and go out on a particular night, I'm not going to be so strict about it, but I'm not going to not like, it's still going to be four days of the week for me, 99.9%, because that's what makes me happy, and that's what, like, my life has become now.

So for all of you who are listening, to have many milestones in the form of these events coming up allows you to continue pushing yourself one event after the other. And it's okay to skip some events, but for everything that you're doing, either launching a webinar or an online course, or starting a new business, there are times when you have to go into isolation. There are times you have to say no to everybody else. There are times you have to sleep early or sleep late, depending on how your format is based. You have to give yourself the permission to say this temporarily is going to be something that consumes everything about me, and then come back to real life and find your balance. So I'm just trying to help everybody understand how what you are doing with your running can be incorporated in everybody's life with whatever passion that they may have.

Yeah, I learned so much from what I learned in running. I know I applied to my life, like, in so many, so many ways, you know, like, it's made me so much more patient. Like, you know, running a 42.2 kilometer without music or without any hydration support, without any, you know, finishing line or anything like that. It requires a lot of mental discipline, which I didn't even know that I had because I'm a very, very impatient person. But having said that, I did run the 42.2, which took me 4 hours and 47 minutes at that point, which I would. You know, I wasn't even running for a time, actually. I would have run Hope. If I was doing an event, then it would have been all about the race and the timing and stuff. So I really thoroughly enjoyed this run because it was just a run for me. It was not that I had to finish it in a particular timing or, you know, stuff like that. But I think what you're saying makes total sense because everything can apply to your work life or your. Your webinars or your anything or even, like, just a general life or even being a mother or married or anything. It's just. It can totally. It's a discipline. So at the end of the day, it trains your mind and it really makes you value time, like, anything.

Before we move ahead, ladies and gentlemen, for all of you people, how many people are getting super inspired by Sukriti's journey so far? Awesome. So, Sukriti, you know, this is One thing, this is one thing that I've been wanting to ask you when, you know, when, whenever we were to meet, but that's not happening anytime soon. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to ask you in front of, you know, all of these are hard worker. There are about 100 entrepreneurs from different parts of India. Every single person, I've had multiple, almost every single person, except maybe the new people who joined recently. I've had multiple, multiple, one on one conversations to be able to understand where they are in life and truly hard workers, all of them. I sense that everything that you are doing, you know, correct me if I'm wrong or tell me how this I sense from your social media posts. Everything that you're doing is sort of leading to a journey where you are wanting to express yourself more and as a result be able to bring a smile to other people's faces without wanting to do that. What I'm trying to say is that I think sometimes in life, all of us, people reach a stage where we do something, where we become a conduit and things flow through us. It could be a smile, a constant smile. It could be running. And all of these things are given to us to be able to help somebody else say, you know what, say you can do something similar too. And so, you know, I don't like to use the word guru, but let's just say somebody who inspires others to say, you too can do it. So for you, if I feel with, as you've mentioned, with running and all of that, you become a constant source of inspiration for people who are looking at you and asking for that permission slip. And you're aware of this journey of where you are right now, because that awareness is what keeps the journey real and keeps it more about others than yourselves. Are you feeling that transformation in yourself? I mean, spirituality is a very cliched word. So I don't like to say spiritual. Let's just say human, which is as beautiful a word as any other. Do you feel that connection with, you know, with, with something beyond you because of your run?

So, yeah, I, you know, I have always, always loved to express. So when I found Facebook, I found Facebook much before I found Instagram. And that's how I know you and you know me so much better than we did in school because we express ourselves very openly on Facebook. I don't think, like, whatever you are on your social media, how people say, you know, how your lives are on social media, they should be like that in real or like, don't show this picture on social media. I and you, I don't think show that side. We don't have, I mean, we definitely don't have two sides. I can sense that with your post also. I mean, I am who I am Instagram and I am who I am off Instagram is the same person. The only thing is I would not like to share anything which is not motivating or positive or which doesn't bring a smile to anyone's face because I don't believe in sharing negativity as a person because I feel that that's enough and I'm not going on to Instagram to see someone's blood test report or to, you know, just generally see something gory or anything like that. Unless of course, it's to help a, you know, someone on the road or it's to help a dog get replaced on in a home or something. I just feel it's, it's just nice to share things which inspire which like you said, someone's face. So definitely I love to share. I want to thank social media and I want to thank Instagram because so many of my runs when I'm at 9.5 kilometers, I want to do that 500 meters more just so that I can write 10k, you know. So I think it's, it's, it's really, really, I've really used it positively. I haven't so bashfully or to show off only. It's actually been a very big motivation for me because for me to write that 10k, if I didn't have Instagram, I would have probably done the 9.5, you know, I mean, it doesn't. Who's checking, right? Like again, so I find Instagram as my buddy partner too because I feel that through, you know, through that, I mean there's so many and my, I was a private account. I only became a public account when the video went viral. So that is when I actually realized that there's so many other people. I was very scared to go public in the beginning because, you know, I didn't know what kind of people, what kind of comments. You're just open to the world. But when I did, I don't think I faced that much harassment at all. I think I only faced lot of positivity, positivity, lot of blessings, lot of love. And so many like 22, 23 year old kids are, you know, like getting motivated by me and I'm like, that's so sweet. And it's so much more inspiring to me. It gives me so much more of a responsibility to do, like to do better at what I'm doing. So, you know, I feel that it's given a lot more to me than I've given to it. So I think, lovely.

I love that attitude. And I think when we document this show and put it on YouTube, we should. I've just found the title for the show, Instagram is My Body Partner. That was just fantastic.

I don't like somebody said the other day that, you know, I don't know something about dying. So I said, if there's no Instagram up there, I'm not dying soon. So, yeah, I need a post.

I think we found a nice title and a subtitle for this for everybody else. Now, you know, taking cue from what you just said, we want to bring, you know, sort of shift gears and bring it back to that, that viral video that you didn't try for like people. You know, I run an agency, I run a marketing company and the entire, you know, the entire ecosystem is trying to get one viral video right? Like one wire. If you, if you can, you can charge anything. If you can promise a viral video and there's nothing, you cannot manufacture it.

It happens, right?

For all of you people who've not heard this story, this is one of the most interesting stories that has happened across the country on social media and on tv. And then it went offline online, everywhere. And the statistics that you told me last time were just mind boggling. Can you tell us that story of how that unfolded?

So basically I had gone for my vaccination, the COVID first dose. And I have needle phobia. It's called trignophobia or something, I think.

Sorry, I'll just interrupt for a second. Bhaskar, if you are there, Bhaskar, if you're there, can you please pull out the viral video? Because I'll ask you to play it right after. Thank you, Bhaskar.

Maybe you should play it before and then they'll wonder if they should stick for the show.

I'm sure if I'd use that as a promo, we would have had 200 people instead of 100 today.

So, yeah, so basically I am a wreck when I go for injections since childhood, I think my son takes it like, you know, like as if maybe a mosquito bit him. But for me it's like someone's just stabbed me with a sword or something. But it's a real phobia. And I know it's not so much about the pain, but it's just to go get the needle, it's just, it's a phobia. So I went and it was a hilarious video that got recorded by my sister in law and my brother because they happened, we all happened to go together and it was, you know, it happened so amazingly that it looks like it was scripted because it's a 30 second video and there is not even one second in it which is not. Got some kind of funny element for others. Not for me, I'm like totally, totally freaked out. But from the nurse, what she said to what I am doing, to what I came up with, like give me a minute or whatever to, I don't know, to my sister, like, you know, to the last bit of Dafao, I think every thing was. I got trolled very badly also because a lot of people said, oh, viral video and all. I was like, who knew this would be viral? I started getting messages that it was on all WhatsApp chats. I got messages from Afghanistan, I've got messages from Pakistan, I got messages from Australia. I was like, what have I done? I'm just, I was so scared. But then I got lovely messages like, you know, I don't know if I shared this with you but like my mother's friend, her oxygen had dropped to 92 and they really tried hard to bring it up. She happened to see my video and her oxygen went up to 98. And I said, this is not Munna Bhai. MBBS. You know, she did call me up and said, she actually told me, she's saying, I. I said are you serious that this really happened? So she said it actually did and her daughter confirmed it. So I don't know what happened. This was just a blessing of God because that time of COVID the second wave was so bad. It was so sad. There was just only sadness all around. And this video I think came at that point as just a very hilarious video. And because it was still to do with COVID it was, I think it still somehow touched hearts or chords somehow. I don't know what happened because like you said, it was never intended to go viral. It wasn't even, I didn't even post it on Instagram the day it happened. I just decided to post it a week or 10 days later, just like that because it was so hilarious that I said, okay, let me just post it. Then it got shared by viral Bhayani who's got some 3.2 million followers and Pinkvilla. And that's how the. Even on my own account where I just have like maybe at that point, I had 2,000 followers. I had 2.8 million views on my account.

Wow.

So that's a standalone account. I'm not some celebrity, you know what I mean? So on Pink villa, it had 7. 8 million. On viral Bhaiani, I don't know it. Wherever I went, it was just this video. So it was too funny. Then it happened.

Do you have a. Do you have a. Do you have a view count so far? Approximately.

So on mine, I think last I saw it was 2.8. And then these are the two big handles that I know of. Pinkvilla and viral. So 10 over there, I think, and maybe around 7. I don't know, must be around 20, 30 million between this and then. There were a lot of others who shared because everyone started giving me credit. So I came to know a lot of others from Pune, from Bombay, you know, from London. Somebody shared it. So I don't know all of those accounts, but it was shared really widely. So I. I really have no counter.

That is. That is just fantastic. It's a beautiful story. Because it was. Because this is how I decode that video. This is a video of somebody who had. Who gave herself the permission to be vulnerable in front of others.

Yes.

The 2,000 people that were following her, she said, let me be vulnerable in front of them. And yes, sometimes it's difficult because you don't want to share your personal stories and all of that, but that's how social media works. You give yourself and others the opportunity to see that you're as real as them.

Right.

That sometimes catches fire. But nobody expected 17, 20 million. I've not seen. I've been doing social media for 11 years. I've not seen one video which had gone viral the way this has. Bhaskar, can you please play that video, please?

So there was somebody who even made a remix on this. I don't know if you saw that.

No, yeah, I did. I did, actually. The. The guy with the music. Right, the music. You thanked him as well.

It was craz. I don't know. So I was saying. So those two weeks of my life, in the worst time of our lives as a whole, as a country, I think that was a blessing of God, that for those two weeks, which was so bad, like every day you would just hear of people dying, and it was like the entire city was like a crematorium. But somehow this video was the only thing that people could allow themselves to laugh because I think it was still something to do with COVID So I think that's why it was maybe enjoyed more and it was taken like a lot of people send me messages, like a breath of fresh air to watch this, you know, like things like that. Because it was a very grim and a very sad time. Actually going on social media at that point was really, really bad because all you would see is oxygen cylinder needed or you know, remdesivir. I mean it was a bad time. So I think it was just God's way of maybe making me, like you said, a medium to maybe make some people smile, which I am very, very.

Grateful for, you know, to watching, watching your journey from afar and knowing that you're inclined towards spirituality and you know, and, and things beyond yourself. This, the one thing that did not come as a surprise to me was that this video went viral because I totally believe when you have the energy you are chosen to share and that's an opportunity to chosen to share and you acknowledge the opportunity when you acknowledge the fact that I have been chosen. Which means that millions of other people who are waiting to be chosen but maybe they're not ready for whatever reason and that, that cleanses a human being. And it's a gift. And it's a gift to be able to go to so many people's homes and bring a smile to their faces every single shift. You know, I've got this belief since, since forever I've had this belief you spoke about dying and going to heaven. I've always had this belief that when, you know, when I, when I die and go to heaven, God's secretary is going to receive me. And they say he'll be with you in 10 minutes. And it's going to be a nice waiting room. And that waiting room, there's going to be a big hundred inch tv. I'm going to get my favorite coffee. And she's like, you know, just watch this 10 minute video and then you can come inside. So that video will be my life story from start to end. Except. And I'll be given headphones. Except what's going to be different about this video is that I will be, I'll have my headphones and there'll be, there'll be two monitors on my heart. Every single word that I've said knowingly or unknowingly to everybody else, if they skipped a heartbeat or if they felt bad, whatever emotion the other person felt because of me, I'll feel that throughout my life. So I'll see how, how many people I made feel amazing and how many people felt really crappy because of what I said, you know, knowingly or unknowingly. And at the end of that whole movie, I know exactly where I stand as a human being. And that's when she'll come back and say, Ms. Arya, God is ready to see you now. So, so every single thing that we do, every single thing that we do, every single thing that we do makes an impact on other people. Shifts people slightly differently. We might think it's just a small word. Sometimes just call up somebody and say, you know what, I saw your post online. You were looking amazing or you're feeling amazing. Thank you for doing that. What seems something so ordinary has the power to shift somebody's state for the entire day. And then they'll change somebody's mood and change somebody's mood. Now these are small actions that people should take every day. I always say, if you're not feeling good, just call up somebody, make them feel good. It's like a viral injection that comes back to you. But to be able to motivate 17 plus million views and the way that video is going every day, the numbers are increasing is, is just brilliant. To 1700. 17 million people have shifted or smiled even for that one second. So when you see that hundred movie on that 100 inch TV, you're going to, you're going to get some, some, some score there on the board.

But I like this opportunity to tell you and compliment you that I, and I think everyone here is going to agree with me. I, I think if I ask them to comment that I think there's, I mean there's, you can post 10 posts a day, but I'd still want to read all 10 of them because all 10 of them will motivate a person in a different way. And you are always not insecure about your position. You know, you come from a space where I grow and I want the whole world to grow with me, which is such an amazing mindset, which is so inspiring and it's. God bless you for that. So your TV is going to be much bigger than 100 inches and you're definitely gonna get the presidential suite.

Thank you. I so look forward to the presidential suite for sure. But I always believe, you know what? I always believe you see in others what you have inside of you and that's how a tribe is built. That's how our community is built. That, you know, during that point in that point in time, you at Crossroads meet people and say, you know what, I like what you're doing because maybe that's showing me a reflection of who I am or who I can become. And so thank you for saying that because it's been the. It's. It is right now the most freeing phase of my life where I don't care. It's very difficult not to care. There's so many things that bog you down. But. But yes, it. And the journey has just about sort of gotten started. I have two more questions. Thank you, you know, once again, for giving us your time. But before we go to the last two questions, like you said, you know, the follower count went up. And to say thank you for your time, one thing that we can give you is at least 100 new followers. And I'm sure everybody would like to follow. So if you can, Bhaskar, if you can, please put Sukriti's Instagram handle live link in the comments. And then everybody, guys, if you can, when you follow her, if you can, just say that people are saying, done already. There we go.

Thank you so much.

If you can. If you can follow right now, and, you know, I'm sure you'll be inspired every day. And some of you people might feel the pain every time she says 42 kilometers. And some of you may say, you know what, whatever it takes. I'm still. I'm. Regardless, I'm going to go ahead and make that happen.

No, thank you very much. This is really, really kind of all of you and of course you.

Great. So last two questions, which I wanted to take from the audience because we sent some questions to them, and they. They sort of. They sent this. These questions back to us. I feel scared. I'm not going to name the people because I'm not sure if they want to be named, but if you do, then you can say, you know, go ahead and I'll take your name. I feel scared that every. If I be as vulnerable, I'll be judged, and then I'll feel that fear that I felt earlier on when I was judged. And so therefore, I hold back my light and I'm not able to do anything. What should I do? So the question. The question from the audience was that I want to be as vulnerable and share my message like Sukriti does, because we sent emails to people saying that you're coming online, what's your story?

And okay, okay.

They said, I want to do what she's doing, but I feel scared. If I'm judged, I'll feel very hurt and I won't be able to get. Get over it. So therefore, it's. I'd rather be oblivious, rather be sort of in the background, and I Don't need to know what's happening on social media and, and as a result not shine bright. It troubles the gentleman or the lady here, it troubles him or her not to shine bright. But at the same time he or she is very scared. What happens if, when people hurt me back. So what would you say to them?

I think that you should go ahead and just post what you want to post and not wait like this to see what's going on. Because I think that you know, every minute of not getting that like is like one year and you're just like, oh, shall I delete my post and is it not nice? Or stuff like that. But I have posted the silliest of reels. I posted myself doing some nirma ad of my own, which I made and all. So it's not that I don't feel weird posting at that point, but then I just said like what you say, Dekhi Jai, you know, just do it because it makes me happy. And out of like the 2500 followers that I have right now, I might just get like 200 people liking it or maybe 150 or maybe just 40 people commenting on it. But that is just the point. The people who are responding to you, other people who are engaging with you for that particular post and just be grateful for that and be happy about that. And if there is somebody who writes something which is not so nice, you can kindly tell them to unfollow. Nobody's asking you to watch your stuff, I mean my stuff if you don't want to. So there's the person who is actually following you and not liking your post is the biggest fan. So take that as a compliment. Also, I feel that if you're not comfortable posting something, then don't post it till you are comfortable. But the comfort is never going to come because you keep seeking validation because that is what social media is after all. Like if you, if you, if even if I post something on social media and I don't get any validation, I'm not going to say it didn't matter to me because of course it's going to matter to me. You know, all the views and the likes and the comments that that's why you're posting at the end of the day. But it's not going to stop me from posting. I may not feel all gungo about it at that point that oh, you know, this post got ignored, but it's okay, I still posted it because it's my account and I like to post it and trust me, There is. It's like there has to be someone out there who's going to resonate with what you post. It can't. Not out of my experience of spending and investing so much on Instagram, I've learned that there will be takers 100%.

And people who need to listen to that message. You know, one thing I've almost never shared online is I do a silent prayer before posting anything and I say, you know, let this post reach the people who need to listen to this.

Right?

And then it could, then it could be two people and then that post is worth it. Then it could be just, yeah.

And you know, sometimes you don't even get the response. You don't even get the thing that you're looking for. But when you go out there, the same person who you think is not even on Instagram is going to be the one who's going to come on and say, you know, because of you, I got into running or because of you and I'm like, you know, are you on Instagram? And do you follow me? So it's like you don't have, you don't even know when, what works and where and how.

100%. 100%. So my last question is, talk to us about your brand. You know, it's Suku Suku and you know, what is it for? When are you launching, relaunching? Talk to us about how can people find you if they want to work with you.

So Suku Suku is a resortware brand which I started a long, long time ago and it was doing really well and we had formed a niche and unfortunately when Covid happened, I had produced so much stock that I'm stuck with a lot of stock now. So I have stopped production for the time being. That's why I wasn't talking much about it at the moment. But I will restart at some point because fashion is my passion and I love to dress up and I love to dress people up. So hopefully in time, when the time is right, I will relaunch because holidays were not happening and resort wear is mostly a holiday wear, so it's more for beach and cover ups and stuff. But having said that, I've still been selling my stock through it all like on, you know, like on personal like appointment basis and stuff. So yeah, but it's been a really amazing journey. That too because it allows me to play with colors, it allows me to play with clothes, it allows me to style, it allows me to model, which also I love to do. I used to love to model for my own clothes. So it gave me a lot and I had wonderful workers with me. Unfortunately, we are all out of work right now because of a personal choice. Because I don't want to continue to produce for the time being. But hopefully sooner. Sooner than later we will get back. Yeah, but it's called Suku Suku World on Instagram. You find me loser, set me free. You make me win every way. You showed me how to spread my way.