Meet our featured little beauty with brains, 9 year old Mahi Sahasrabuddhe, based in Sydney, Australia. She is wise, mature and talented beyond her age and her rap song on girl power is creating quite a buzz. Here is an interview with her.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. Your hobbies, dreams, aspirations etc
First of all, I love to read. Reading is the first thing I do once I come home from school. I feel that reading is a great exercise for the brain. It makes anybody’s imagination go wild. Secondly, I love to draw. I don’t take drawing lessons but, I watch drawing tutorial videos on YouTube and try to self learn. I also think that drawing is a great creative way to exercise my brain. I love to write stories and poems. I am working on my own book. I feel that writing a book is a good way to get better at my writing skills. It’s challenging but, I am still determined to finish writing this book.
2. Your rap song on girl power is becoming extremely popular. Who or what was the inspiration behind it?
Many things and people have inspired me to write this rap. The first thing that inspired me was a character from the book “Harry Potter” and this character is Hermione Granger. Even if she had non-magic parents she was the smartest witch in Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. This taught me that efforts and hard work can do wonders. The second person who inspired me was the author of Harry Potter, J. K Rowlings. She wrote such a wonderful series but she had struggled a lot in her life. But, she still didn’t lose hope. And also most importantly my mom. She is a hard worker who never gives up.She has taught me that you should never give up and you should always do what you feel is right.
3. What do you want to be when you grow up?
When I grow up I want to be many things. I have a dream to be a scientist, a public speaker, and a rapper. Scientist because I love to read about stars, planets, and outer space. Public speaker and rapper because I want to talk and communicate different ideas to the world.
4. These days age doesn’t matter. Even someone as young as you can do their bit towards women empowerment, the environment etc. what are your thoughts on that?
Of course, I agree that age doesn’t matter at all! Whether you are 9 or 90 you can make a difference. I had an idea, I wrote it, performed and shared it on YouTube. This proves that no matter how old we are we can find a way to do what we desire. My parents have taught me that I should always try my best in whatever I do. Even now at their age, I watch them learning new things, trying, failing, but never giving up. I have lots to learn but I am ready to learn. I believe all have the right to choose what we want, to give our opinions and we don’t have to like a certain thing just because we are a certain age or gender. Like I don’t prefer dresses and I am not a fan of pink colour and I feel that’s fine.
Do check out her rap song on YouTube:
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