Suneeta Mall

Rambling of a curious engineer & data scientist

Fearless and Forward - breaking thy bias

December 2021

Inspiration

Internation Women’s day 2022 campaign theme #BreakTheBias.

Poem also draws inspiration from Heinrich Rohrer quote:

Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between arrogance and conviction - in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.

Poem

*Fearless and Forward: breaking thy bias*

The strengths and weaknesses,
The characters and charismatics,
The appearances and aspirations,
Not all are created equal,

The abundance of variations,
The power of diversity,
The strength of unity,
How do we fail to see?

Perhaps blinded by the prior beliefs,
So afraid of change, of that glass ceiling
Subsumed by delusion,
Doused in false assurances

Perhaps too scared to walk the line,
Between old faith and curiosity;
Experience and epiphany;
Ambition and passion;
Arrogance and conviction;
Bias and openness;

Beyond this line lies an open world,
Of shared responsibility and collective strengths,
Of humbled weakness and fearless world.

A world of colors, of joys,
Of strengths, of understanding
Of supporting and creating,
A fearless forward better world.

Why would not you,
Walk thy line?
Why would not you,
Break thy bias?