Letter Writing as Activism

Since writing is the only thing I can do very well, I wondered recently if there was a way of doing some good in the world by using this skill, other than authoring books or becoming a journalist. I was thinking of the impactful letters I’ve read, sent by everyone from Vincent van Gogh to Rabindranath Tagore and wondered if in our digital world, a handwritten letter would stand out more and, therefore, have more of an effect. I know we can’t always calculate what impact our actions would have, but that didn’t prevent me from looking up whether letter writing has ever made a difference, a question I didn’t really need to ask, because of course it has. “How Postal Dept & Police in a Kerala District Are Solving Issues of 1000 Students Using Postcards” by Gayatri Manu “““The exercise was not just about writing a letter as a nostalgic experience. It’s about giving children the opportunity to introspect and refine their thoughts. It was meant for the children to participate with the police,…