{"id":3385,"date":"2014-07-02T00:27:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T00:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artforakanksha.org\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:58:33","slug":"learning-to-make-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/?p=3385","title":{"rendered":"Learning to make choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sana.png\" alt=\"sana\" width=\"200\" height=\"272\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At eight, Sana joined Akanksha on her aunt\u2019s suggestion, not knowing what awaited her. What she found was a world of gentle teachers who made learning joyful, unlike anything she had known. Her years at the Centre became a time of discovery and growth.<\/p>\n<p>By 18, family needs pushed her to work, but a short corporate stint made her realise it wasn\u2019t for her. Drawn back to Akanksha, she began designing and painting products with Art for Akanksha. \u201cThe environment here is so good, it\u2019s like people can only love you,\u201d she smiles.<\/p>\n<p>Art became her space to explore, make choices, and gain independence\u2014something her parents now deeply value. \u201cMany of my friends are married, but my parents know I\u2019m capable of earning and being independent,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Her teacher Rajshree beams, \u201cSana evolved from a shy, loving child into a confident and smart woman who discovered her potential. This reaffirms how Akanksha and art shape lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Sana is Assistant Manager at Art for Akanksha, leading production, sales, marketing, and partnerships\u2014carrying forward the world she first stepped into as a child.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At eight, Sana joined Akanksha on her aunt\u2019s suggestion, not knowing what awaited her. What she found was a world of gentle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8302,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions\/8302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}