COMMUNITY

Annyeong, My name is Parthvi from India, a corporate girlie who is dedicating this for Show Me Your Korea category.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA6Xmxto0ow&t=2s

For four years, I dreamed of going to South Korea as K-Dramas comforted me through everyday chaos, and I built a quiet wish list filled with cafes, mountains, skincare shops, and street corners I’d only seen on screen. I chose to spend my birthday in a place that had always felt safe from afar… Hoping it might feel safe up close too and it did. I captured a lot of memories to look at it when I'm down but I had no idea I would get an opportunity to create this and share it with the world. Korea healed me in ways I still don’t fully understand. It cured a chronic backache I’d been struggling with since January—no treatment, no medicine, just the ease of the atmosphere and maybe the air itself. Even now, Korea is part of my daily life in the slower, softer way I move through the world now—with more presence and peace. I always come back to what Se-jin once said: “You can’t rewrite what hurt you. But you can write how you’ll heal.” This video is me doing just that—writing my healing story. The music in this video reflects my transformation. It begins with “Chuncheon and the Autumn”, echoing that autumn taught me to let go. Then transitions into “Spring in My Hometown,” symbolizing renewal, softness, and a quiet return to joy. Spring reminded me it’s okay to begin again—even slowly. There’s still so much more I want to say about Korea. I had to leave out many moments to stay within the limits of this competition. If I could, I’d turn this into a full-length film—because Korea gave me back more than I ever imagined.

Thank you for taking the time to watch this and I'll always be grateful to Talk Talk Korea for giving me this platform to finally say thank you to a country that held me, healed me, and reminded me who I am.