About

NiMiTHAM നിമിത്തം

means
A Reason or an Indication of a good omen.
‘An initiative which imparts education in life skills to youngsters with the aim of making this world a better place to live in’

Our Story

Have you ever asked yourself what it really means to be who you really want to be? I have only begun. My name is Smitha Umesan, and I am living Achan’s (അച്ഛൻ) dream. അച്ഛൻ in Malayalam means father in English, but when I say അച്ഛൻ, it makes his presence with me well beyond life itself.

It would be true to say when അച്ഛൻ left me and Amma (അമ്മ), there were unknown completions in my life. Going through all that he found for himself in life, led a choice I made that changed my life forever. A trip to the mountains in 2017, unearthed a part of me which lead to unknowns, realities, people, silent spaces, and a lot of realities.

I never found NiMiTHAM, but it was a being that I found about myself, through my father, that led to its genesis on the 5^th of August 2020. It was all about an evolution that had more inclusion form many others, because of the space that opened in my life

Why NiMiTHAM (നിമിത്തം) if in case that is your question, let me try and keep it simple. In Malayalam, it means an event that takes place owing to another action. It was meant to be when this thought struck me. There were many moments in life that were preceded by an occurrence. It felt like a puzzle taking shape, just that the puzzle I was putting together, had all the pieces evolving, day-by-day. NiMiTHAM is a ‘Reason’ or an ‘Indication’ of a good omen.

Though I’m a Chartered Accountant by profession, the spirit of adventure, the realms of exploration, the depth of untold dimensions, I never chased any of these. It was an invitation waiting for me to choose and I have never looked back since then.

In this exploratory path, along with അമ്മ what stood out was the support system, that I was present to through people I knew, strangers I met, circumstances I was in between. I made it, I am breathing and still living. But skills that I thought were well identified and understood by me just disintegrated in front of my own eyes, and right then I also asked a pertinent question. Is there a reason why the universe is showing me this path? The divine, family, friends, strangers, passersby, the wildlife, and even nature, the wind and more.
NiMiTHAM is not an entity, it’s not a tool for success, it’s not a means to get somewhere, but it’s cause for each one of you to unveil that what you think expresses you best. I’m a traveler, I’m a speaker, I’m a writer, I’m much more. You are much more and beyond. ‘Achan’s Flamingo’, is a travelogue, I released in 2021, that is a tribute to അച്ഛൻ, the humblest person who instilled the passion in me to travel.
To many, life is binary, I don’t deny that but what if all thought of life as an experiment where you added ingredients in your own way. How about that? Don’t go through life but lead life to where your passion resides and along the way, inspire to dare to dream.
And just like that Kapi Poha Sessions happened. Mumbai in my heart being the ‘Soul City’ and Bangalore being the ‘Dream City’, set the foundation for this. A chat show where simple people we see every day, who are the true hero’s, share about what makes every second, minute and hour worth living. Their story galvanizing everyone’s lives around them.

Most of you including me know the strength we possess in how we want to think and how we wish to execute, but do we really value its existence. Through Unknown Known Series, I started to get there.Today, we are all preoccupied. Such are the circumstances. And Doodles Series surfaced. My fingers danced to my advantage and life skills in various visualizations became alive. I kept walking through the maze and new doors opened.
At times, there is a realization that comes to mind a strong foundation and long-term goals, and that’s what Projects are all about. This is all about social cause initiatives focusing on imparting life skills-based education to youngsters, including conducting workshops, with the aim of making this world a better place to live in.
To sum it up, 4 key words which are ‘Life’, ‘Experiment’, ‘Discovery’ and ‘Growth’ will be the building blocks for a set of generations to come. And I am here, to invite you to this space of amazingness.

Welcome to NiMiTHAM…

Our Focus - The 10 Key Life Skills

Smitha UMESAN

Founder of NiMiTHAM, Chartered Accountant by profession , Writer , Speaker and Traveller , Author of Achan’s Flamingo and blogger at Gutsy Musafir

DEEPA C

Photographer who wanted a website, self taught website designer. Founder of Damagix Technologies, Vlogger at Ask Deepa

TANU GUPTA

She is an animator and talented Watercolor artist at tanu.artsbay.

A Reason for Being…
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Smitha Umesan

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