nona walia finds out about the slow movement thats asking people to take a few steps back from the hurdle race and enjoy every moment of their lives each one of us has felt it the sheer exhaustion that envelops us as we rush through the day completing chores at home beating the traffic meeting deadlines in office and multitasking at the end of the day we may realise that we have matched the pace of the ticking clock but lost a lot in the bargain whether its peace of mind our health or the satisfaction that one derives of a job done well or a day spent well fareed zakaria one of the mostrespected journalists in the world after being recently accused of plagiarism and being too busy to check the details of his column said it forced me to rethink my heavy workload and slow down pop diva rihanna said in a recent interview that she was so overworked during the making of her recent album that instead of a creative high that every artiste has the right to experience and enjoy she felt sick i realised i needed to cut back on work slow down she said tv actor sanjeeda sheikh explains people like us in the television industry are always on the run because there is this feeling that if we slow down we will miss outwhy go slow however that life in a hurry is superficial is being felt by people these days and its because of this reason that the the slow movement see box a cultural revolution that began in the west in the mid1980s is fast catching up the basic idea is to cut back on speed slow down and derive satisfaction out of work rather than just finishing it in a hurry mumbaibased textile designer padmaja krishnan is part of this global movement slow fashion looks at all thats useless and discarded i choose techniques that are slow and not fully controllable im against mass consumerism and dont believe that you need 20 outfits my fashion doesnt follow trends or seasons i take time and joy in making clothes says the head of transit studio jogi panghaal a slow design activist from india says he has bridged the gap between traditional craft and modern design by being a part of the same movement i learn the traditional skills of tribal artisans and combine them with modern technique our process is slow and we believe in conserving says the nid graduate in 2001 time magazine rated the slow food movement as one of the 80 ideas that shook the world the movement has found its takers in india too vandana shiva who owns slow food caf in delhi says we make food from organic produce and use ingredients that are fast disappearing from india for eg we make pizzas and crpes from ragi and upmafad or necessity slowing down isnt just a fad or a luxury neither does it mean