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This is an important photo. Not because wonderful people made a pic with a visionary technologist. But the feminist & Mumbai-based organisation Point Of View got was part of Cypherpunk Congress storytelling and managed to connect with people like Vitalik Buterin. I found out about @povmumbai existence around March 2026. During scouting in Mumbai. Recommended by Sam who was helping us to match with human rights organisations around. I visited POV’s office. Talked with their team. Got a zine that I carry during my travels. Point Of View defends those who are targeted by algorithms, hate, and manipulation. Also, they educate, collaborate, organise Global South alliances, and promote healthy digital rights practices. Again, being present in the world from Mozilla Festival in Barcelona to Global Gathering in Estoril. Marginalised people are subjects to constant harm in India. Guess what’s important isn’t to further marginalise them, but give them opportunities, options, possibilities. Like the Reimagining social media from the margins talk that Riddhima from POV was supposed to make at Cypherpunk Congress (was cancelled due to family issues). But the challenge stays actual: apc.org/en/blog/reimagining-… This photo resembles our desire to connect humans in need with techno-politics. So the latter will serve the excluded, marginalised, and often ignored. Personally, I want to do it not through my words and actions, but have folks like POV talk on their behalf. Wave storytelling without any up-bottom filter. On a separate note, super proud that we got many “paper” formats at Cypherpunk Congress: Sister Library that helps marginalised girls find new opportunities in life, Fluxus Chapel that storytellers politics via a wide range of zines, Nirmik cultural centre with Navayana published challenging caste conditions in 2026. For theirs, yours, and ours freedoms: pointofview.org