{"id":3518,"date":"2014-07-09T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artforakanksha.org\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:58:59","slug":"celebrating-my-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/?p=3518","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating my dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3519 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pooja-200x300.png\" alt=\"pooja\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pooja-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pooja.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u201cI see something, I think and then I create.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not a scientist\u2019s words, but those of 15-year-old Pooja, a budding designer.<\/p>\n<p>Art for Akanksha\u2019s Design Class opened up a new world for her\u2014a space to explore creativity, so different from school. \u201cWe can make anything we want here. Because of art, I am celebrating my dreams,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother recalls how Pooja once felt uncertain about her future in fashion design. Design Class not only revealed her hidden talents but also boosted her confidence and English skills. \u201cShe would come home and talk about everything she experienced there,\u201d her mother shares with pride.<\/p>\n<p>That spark continues to shape her journey. Today, Pooja works as a graphic designer, using Photoshop extensively, and has also completed a course in fashion design. With determination and faith, she is steadily walking the path to becoming the designer she dreams to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI see something, I think and then I create.\u201d Not a scientist\u2019s words, but those of 15-year-old Pooja, a budding designer. Art&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-3518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518","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=3518"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8298,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions\/8298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}