Aakash Ranison

UP & ABOVE // MANALI, HIMACHAL (at Manali, Himachal Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CphcwffyaEb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

IT’LL TAKE YOU OVER 9 YEARS TO DRINK THE AMOUNT OF WATER USED TO MAKE A PAIR OF JEANS. . . . We are living a life of ignorance, big corporations do not want us to know what goes behind the walls and we humans are anyway a lazy species. But this ignorance and laziness are already cost us our health and millions of lives. Today, Climate change is still considered a "problem in the future" that has no direct correlation to people’s daily actions and that's because of the gap in the communication of the crisis. If we don’t have up today, tomorrow we won’t have the chance to save the possibilities of human species survival on earth. My book "Climate Change EXPLAINED - for one and all" is one of my effort to help people understand the crisis we are going through and present them with sustainable solutions. The book comes out on 22nd April 2021, World Earth Day. It’s digital copy will be available for free to everyone, downloadable from my website. Please share this post with as many people as you can & stay tuned for the download link. — Love & thanks to my people who are making it possible: Content Team: @loneladytraveller @arushiguptaa @i_kunal_ar26 Design Team: @thoughtoverdesign | @anushkasani | @nish.ita | @e.y.e.r | @moreofganesh | @farshogar Support Team: @bluetribefoods @the___dogfather @thatwild1 Media Team: @theothercircle @spinaround @ishachoure @_desilexluthor_ @dhavalraval @ Saba Shaikh Social Media: @broadcast.co @fcpaarth @vishfulthinkin @_devansh27 @ prrreksha Assistance: @shru_moh @archana.soreng @charliebuoy @ ratika yashwante (at Rishikesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNtyVP3DAsE/?igshid=1tjd19q1edx1g

IT’LL TAKE YOU OVER 9 YEARS TO DRINK THE AMOUNT OF WATER USED TO MAKE A PAIR OF JEANS. . . . We are living a life of ignorance, big corporations do not want us to know what goes behind the walls and we humans are anyway a lazy species. But this ignorance and laziness are already cost us our health and millions of lives. Today, Climate change is still considered a "problem in the future" that has no direct correlation to people’s daily actions and that's because of the gap in the communication of the crisis. If we don’t have up today, tomorrow we won’t have the chance to save the possibilities of human species survival on earth. My book "Climate Change EXPLAINED - for one and all" is one of my effort to help people understand the crisis we are going through and present them with sustainable solutions. The book comes out on 22nd April 2021, World Earth Day. It’s digital copy will be available for free to everyone, downloadable from my website. Please share this post with as many people as you can & stay tuned for the download link. — Love & thanks to my people who are making it possible: Content Team: @loneladytraveller @arushiguptaa @i_kunal_ar26 Design Team: @thoughtoverdesign | @anushkasani | @nish.ita | @e.y.e.r | @moreofganesh | @farshogar Support Team: @bluetribefoods @the___dogfather @thatwild1 Media Team: @theothercircle @spinaround @ishachoure @_desilexluthor_ @dhavalraval @ Saba Shaikh Social Media: @broadcast.co @fcpaarth @vishfulthinkin @_devansh27 @ prrreksha Assistance: @shru_moh @archana.soreng @charliebuoy @ ratika yashwante (at Rishikesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNtxGUsjjfu/?igshid=1q22c211vgsz

I’VE WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. . . . The history of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century. Then why is it that even after centuries and with the technology in every hand where information travels at the speed of light humans still don't seem to understand a crisis caused by our daily actions which are leading us towards an anthropogenic extinction & has the potential to put human species' survival on earth at risk? Today, Climate change is still considered a "problem in the future" that has no direct correlation to people’s daily actions and that's because of the gap in the communication of the crisis. The scientific discoveries & research papers from scientists and reports from the world organizations published are not easy to understand for a common man and they tend to believe that climate change is more of a global issue to be battled by international entities than an individual’s responsibility too.  Hence, as nature's lover, responsible traveller, and an advocate of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, [UNSDG13] Climate Action, the book "Climate Change EXPLAINED - for one and all" is one of my effort to help people understand the crisis we are going through and present them with sustainable solutions. The book comes out on 22nd April 2021, World Earth Day. It’s digital copy will be available for free to everyone, downloadable from my website. — Love & thanks to my people who are making it possible: Content Team: @loneladytraveller @arushiguptaa @i_kunal_ar26 Design Team: @thoughtoverdesign | @anushkasani | @nish.ita | @e.y.e.r | @moreofganesh | @farshogar Support Team: @bluetribefoods @the___dogfather @thatwild1 Media Team: @theothercircle @spinaround @ishachoure @_desilexluthor_ @dhavalraval @ Saba Shaikh Social Media: @broadcast.co @fcpaarth @vishfulthinkin @_devansh27 @ prrreksha Assistance: @shru_moh @archana.soreng @tirthak.saha @charlibouy @ ratika yashwante (at Himachal Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNmJXFcDA-C/?igshid=18matbzgmgvc2

I am very fond of studying the design aspects of cars and their signature design elements. And so I was really looking forward to driving the Jaguar I-PACE. As I was researching the design of the I-PACE, I came across an article that totally won me over. It mentioned that while designing electric vehicles, one could throw the rulebook out. The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE is one such vehicle that pushes the boundaries of design. The aerodynamic exterior of the I-PACE is dramatic and extremely eye-catching. The vehicle’s spacious interior and long wheelbase offer luxurious legroom for five adults and abundant, innovative storage solutions for luggage and other essentials. Its floating centre console and panoramic roof combine to create a light and airy interior that highlights the exceptional interior package. Its no surprise that the Jaguar I-PACE has won over 80 global awards, including 2019 World Car of the Year, World Car Design of the Year, and World Green Car in 2019. — @jaguar_india #Jaguar #IPACE #FutureIsElectric #JaguarElectrifies #ElectricVehicle #EV #CleanEnergy #ad (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNWrxkUjx3u/?igshid=1l6ijbpbk7826

Jaguar I-PACE - driving this electric-beauty on the roads of Mumbai was a beautiful experience. The feeling of holding the steering wheel and accelerating “WORLD GREEN CAR 2019” was incomparable. For years I’ve been passionate about sustainability and have always looked forward to the day when I get to experience clean and green electric vehicles, like the Jaguar I-PACE, a car leading us towards a sustainable future. Driving an EV will not only help you contribute to a sustainable future but also be more economical for you in the long term. A report by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) projects that the Indian EV market will grow at a CAGR of 36 % by 2026 and this shift towards EV’s will help India reduce emissions and pollution levels in its most congested metro cities. Excited? I have more to share. So please stay tuned. — @jaguar_india #Jaguar #IPACE #FutureIsElectric #JaguarElectrifies #ElectricVehicle #EV #CleanEnergy #Ad (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNUA24BDb53/?igshid=16899op9hkqo

Don’t I feel cold or what? — No I do feel cold, I am a normal human. It’s just I am able to bare it and I some where enjoy it more than all the other seasons and I really enjoy the view/nature I get to enjoy/live in, living in the cold is worth that. — Also colder the place lesser the people around so better if you want to be all by yourself and enjoy the nature in peace. — You’ll always wants something to be better in your life, lesser rains, or lesser summer or a little colder in Mumbai or something it’ll never be perfect. — So please start enjoying before it’s too late. (at Himachal Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbOa9AD8Mq/?igshid=1rpiax12tgohn

Okay kids, today we will learn[repeat after me] "How to be kind to strangers." — Not one day passes by that we don’t come across some news on social media of a human hurting another human or even hurting animals. It’s high time that we consciously take steps to be kind. Everyone is going through a battle the life isn’t easy on anyone today & we don’t know how our simple words can just someone deeply. And anyway why you want to be Trump when you can be Dalai Lama? So to help you be kind I’ve listed down 23 of my own ways to be kind. I believe and follow these steps, trust me you’ll feel amazing by being kind to others. • Be extra polite. • Pay a compliment. • Offer up your seat. • Pick up some trash. • Carry someone’s bags. • Write a thank you note. • Pass a smile to stranger. • Ask, How can I help you? • Say please and thank you. • Buy a stranger coffee/lunch. • Let people through in traffic. • Hold a door open for someone. • Be patient when you want to yell. • Leave a tip & acknowledge efforts. • Let someone go first through a door. • Let someone go ahead at the checkout. • Donate your “read” books to the library. • Water someone’s drying / dying flowers. • Buy fruits for the person asking for cash. • Acknowledge someone else’s kindness to you. • Buy a flowera and give to someone unexpected. • Listen carefully to what someone is really passionate about. • Ask a customer service person genuinely how they’re doing. -- Share more ways to be kind or a kind incidence with me in the comments, let’s make the world a little better place today. (at Himachal Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMYrjzRDwzj/?igshid=rkpz2ysw7jv

Do you judge yourself & underestimate?[Story behind my DP] Hello friend, meet me I am pro at judging myself and I should get awards for underestimating my existence and everything I do. In my last two posts I shared quite a few things with you about my childhood and now understand this, everyone was judging me throughout my childhood and was telling me again and again and again that “I AM NOT GOOD”. I started believing in it and so much so that I doubt everything I did. Later in life I started looking for other’s validation to be sure that what I am doing is good. This doubt of not being good started making me “NOT EVEN TRY” because I’d just believe that I am not good at it. I started suppressing my wishes. You know I am a very chill guy when I am alone or in front of my girlfriend[sometime] but in front of the world I am still not able to open because this fear of judgment is still alive somewhere inside me. While in school I was really interested in computers and learning Sanskrit & chemistry but I didn’t find anyone who understood me and I became one of the dumbest kids. After 9 years of completing school today, I study science, accounting, creative art, information technology, communication, world politics all on my own because of my interest. & I’ve always wanted to learn and make digital art and yesterday I did it a little on my phone and now that’s my Display Picture. Sharing a few more I made. 1: Mountain Gazing 2: Self Portrait 3: Me & my girlfriend 4: Me giving a flower to my girlfriend 5: My Mountain view -- I wish reading my journey may help you overcome this fear of judgments by the world and follow your silly or mind blowing wishes. LOVE. (at Himachal Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMWIgIJjQQe/?igshid=hux1u66fkmfn

Trust me, reaching to this place in the picture, wasn’t easy. • I was feeling super cold, • There was snow slipping in my shoes, • I wasn’t wearing the right show so it was difficult to walk, • I wanted to take photos so had to keep my hands out and because of that my hands frozen and finger’s were not moving properly, • The phone and camera was cold as ice and were losing battery as fast as the melting glaciers around the globe • I was having to change the GoPro’s battery again and again with those frozen fingers • I was there with local friends so had to keep up with them too as they were walking out… Damn do you want more reason or are these enough to quit? I’d say no, no reasons are enough to quit. Why am I talking about quitting today? Because I’ve been working for last 11 years and have failed thousands of time and have reached very close to quitting hundreds of time on this journey but thank god that I didn’t quit and kept going and I am not at the top of my field but surely dodging those failures and moments I wanted to quit I’ve managed to came way to ahead in life from the point I started. To put in perspective; I got supplementaries in 9th - 10th - 11th class, somehow managed to pass 12th and never got to go to any collage or any institute for that matter. I paid my 11th & 12th class fee by myself and being a single parent kid never asked my mom for investing in my ideas as she worked hard to brought me up. Last few days I’ve been doubting again on my ideas as one of my project was working out but thank god I didn’t quit and things worked out. Imagine, if I would have quit back in 2010 I won’t be here and if I would have quit on my ideas a few ago they couldn’t have worked out yesterday. So I just wanna request you, PLEASE DON’T QUIT. — @gopro @goproindia #gopro #goprohero #goprohero8 #shotongopro (at Badagran Barot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTdg4KjRaI/?igshid=z30i0d3w40u3

How do I choose the places I travel to? Now Before I answer you that lemme tell you something about myself, which will eventually help us get to the answer. I didn’t have a happy childhood, I was bad at almost everything; study, games, art, talking, etc and that’s why I didn’t have friends and instead I was the kid they enjoyed bullying and at home, I always saw my dad indulged in wrong habits and fighting with mom and always had financial difficulties. To keep me away from the family drama, I was left at my maternal grandparent's house where my uncle was always angry at me for not performing well in school. Now all these events turned me into a scared kid and I didn’t want to face anyone as no one was loving, kind, understanding, supportive, or comforting to me. Scared from people I started living away from everyone and eventually started enjoying my own company than being with friends or family. Now I love being on my own because of my earlier life and hence solo travelling. Now, whenever I am choosing a place to travel I unconsciously happen to choose extreme places where it’s really difficult to travel so I’ll find fewer people there. Most of the people avoid cold and high altitude mountains and that’s where I somewhere started to enjoy them and eventually I found many more reasons to be in the mountains than on sea levels. You now know something about me, which I’ve hardly ever shared on social media. What shapes your personality and makes you travel the way you do? — #gopro #goprohero #goprohero8 #shotongopro @goproindia @gopro (at Badagran Barot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMQ4lXODomb/?igshid=y5w8dn28wie6

YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL SOLO or otherwise? So many of you have asked me to take you along on my next trip. Let me tell you why I prefer to travel solo and don’t take anyone with me. — The reasons I prefer to travel solo: • I get to move at my own pace[mostly fast]. • I am not answerable to anyone. • I can push limits where most people won’t. • I get to face more problems & solve them. • I get to experience more situations firsthand. • I get to meet more people and talk to them. • I am open to uncomfortable situations. • I am ready to learn & don’t have to worry about the travel partner's or the group’s well-being. — I know most of my reasons are self-centered but hey, when did I say I am travelling for charity? I am travelling because; • I get to learn • I feel happy • I get to grow • I get to be with myself • I get to talk to myself • I get to enjoy the nature • I get to go to places where no human has set a foot before. • I get to experience nature in its truest form. — So, how would you like to travel solo or otherwise? I know you are scared to step out on these unknown road all by yourself but hey if you travel with me or anyone you won’t get to learn much as the other experienced person will take care of all the problems in advance which means you’ll lose on all of the learnings travel has to offer you. I don’t know "how important your problems are to you” but for me “I love my problems and can’t share them with you or anyone” I wanna face my problems by myself. — #gopro #goprohero #goprohero8 #shotongopro (at Badagran Barot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMOSkbQjj0M/?igshid=1ubelow668500

DO YOU ENJOY SUNSETS? WHERE DID YOU SEE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OF YOUR LIFE?If you are really into sunsets then you can’t just miss the sunsets of Bir Billing from the Landing Ground. I’ve been to each and every state and UT of India and have seen sunrises & sunsets and I’d love to include Bir Billing in the list of top 10 places in India to enjoy sunsets.The best thing about the sunsets of Bir Billing is that it’s a one-day thing, I lived here for quite a few weeks, and its amazing colors each day spreading around. To give you a context, I lived in Pondicherry too for a few months and watched sunrises every morning but it wasn’t beautiful each day as it depends a lot on the cloud’s formation but that’s not the case with Bir Billing, I don’t know how but each day it’s magical sunset over there. Have you ever been to Bir Billing, what do you think? Or is there any other place you’d like to suggest to me? — #gopro #goprohero #goprohero8 #shotongopro (at Bir Billing- Paragliding site) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLv74fDL0G/?igshid=gfxhhca8i2oa

DAMN IT, Writing these Instagram captions is such a difficult task. I can’t just write two lines and post images, I don’t feel right nor I can copy past quotes or emojis. — If I am doing something, I really wanna do it well. I can never post an image along with a caption that says “caption this picture”. — Every day I dive into my HDDs and choose a photo I want to post the next morning and edit them and keep them ready to be posted and I procrastinate writing the caption… The next morning I wake up and at the end moment right before posting the image, I write a caption like I am writing now. — I have so much in my mind but my brain is such a kid that it doesn’t stick to one point and then I lose it all. What do you think, I should I write about in the captions? Do you even read the long captions I write? — #gopro #goprohero #goprohero8 #shotongopro (at Badagran Barot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJO_pEDksX/?igshid=1qvq1r3uxzhz6

Not getting super excited but you know what this is the 4th day in a row that I am posting here on Instagram and that calls for a celebration, hahaha. • I’ve been brainstorming about what type of content I can bring out for all of you. I am at a very spot with content in terms of Climate Change but I am still exploring the “Travel” section.What is it that you guys really need to know and something that can help you travel better but it isn’t available out there? • I do have a rough idea but would like your vote on that;I’ve been travelling consciously, taking care of my carbon emission and impact on nature and to off-beat places like this one in the images “Bada Gran” in Himachal close to Bir. I am thinking what if I make short videos sharing explaining how travel is impacting nature? Along with ideas & tips helping you travel better/responsibly? • Do you think, this is of any interest to you?Or you’ve got any better idea, please share. — #shotongopro #gopro #goprohero8 (at Badagran Barot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMGlZuoDrS2/?igshid=1tkagfssthh9m

Thank you everyone who helped me yesterday with my confusion. For now I am continuing with images as I have clicked in the past but haven’t yet posted and in the background I’m starting to preparing video content as well. — To share and seek your feedbacks; I really want to make videos on Climate Change, Travel, & Photography. What are you thoughts on it? And do you have some ideas to share with me? What kind of videos should I be making? — My purpose with creating videos is to spread information about Climate Change to help people understand the issue and adopt the solutions. But I am a little confused with, what do I do in Travel & Photography? There are already so many creators creating content what unique I can do? — Please help me with your suggestions on it. — #gopro #shotongopro #goprohero8 (at Himachal Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMEAdC3DYZ5/?igshid=ojwjch7dcc0h

Okay, ek confusion hai & I need your help. I am trying really really hard to get started with my Instagram. Thanks to my girlfriend for motivating me :P — But but but… The confusion… What should I be posting? Yeah, I don’t know what to post. — Time has changed, your taste, interest, & preferences have changed. Now everyone is posting more videos and I am still that photo guy. I mean I can do video but I feel good with photos. — I need your help here; travel, climate, photography, anything else? Photos, Videos, Write-ups? Do you mind sharing what’s in your mind? Please go to comments and share your wants with me. — Also, feel free to give me any suggestions which you think will help me in return... — #shotongopro #gopro #goprohero8 (at Mussoorie) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMBdY9qDMXq/?igshid=1fcpkz75x5kpi