- Whenever you're creating any disruption or change the initial results are often negative. It may be in the form of lack of acceptance and some push back. It's important to continue the process though and wait to see the real results. - When we started a centre in Avalahalli we got a lot of push back from the community in the early days. Later on the community accepted and embraced us. It's important to not get too deterred by initial results and go from there. - There's an example in Hindu mythology of the gods and demons churning a mountain to first get vicious poison and only after that the divine nectar. --- In all cultural revolutions there are periods of chaos and confusion, times when grave mistakes are made. If we fear mistakes, doing things wrongly, constantly evaluating ourselves, we will never make the academy a culturally diverse place where scholars and the curricula address every dimension of that difference - Bell Hooks in [[Teaching To Transgress]]