As 2025 has ended, Somy Ali who runs her NGO, No More Tears looks back on a year she describes as intense, emotional, and deeply transformative. Marked by both heartbreak and hope, the year reinforced her commitment to survivor advocacy and strengthened her resolve to keep pushing for systemic change.
For Somy, gratitude begins with health. She shares that being physically and mentally well allowed her to continue fighting for survivors through No More Tears, the nonprofit she leads. She expresses deep appreciation for her entire team, including publicists, board members, lawyers, donors, and volunteers, who together helped impact more than 50,000 lives. However, what moved her most in 2025 was witnessing the resilience of survivors themselves. Women, men, children, and members of the LGBTQ+ community who turned unimaginable pain into strength reminded her why she continues this work every day.
Reflecting on the lessons the year offered, Somy says 2025 sharpened her understanding of how algorithms and social media can silently harm mental health, especially among young people. She describes this as a new form of quiet abuse that fuels comparison, despair, and isolation. She also became more aware of how systems of silence operate, pointing to how powerful figures were enabled for years through complicity. These insights led her to lean more deeply into what she calls “Somyism,” her personal philosophy centered on compassion, science over dogma, and choosing humanity in every situation. While not a religion, she views it as a way of life that will continue to guide her work, particularly as she strengthens and expands No More Tears.
Looking at the world at large, Somy acknowledges that 2025 was a painful year for many. From the devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad that claimed hundreds of lives to tragic stampedes, floods, and the sudden loss of cultural icons, the year was filled with reminders of life’s fragility. At the same time, she notes that these tragedies also revealed humanity at its best, with communities coming together and strangers helping one another. She believes 2025 exposed serious gaps in safety and preparedness but did not break the collective spirit. She also points out that the year reinforced a powerful truth, that justice, though delayed, does surface, even in cases involving immense power and influence.
As she prepares to step into a new year, Somy is clear about what she wants to leave behind. She is letting go of fear, doubt, and the lingering weight of old traumas, as well as the silence that continues to surround abuse at both personal and systemic levels. Having worked hard toward forgiveness and forward motion, she wants to carry only clarity and purpose into the future.
On a positive note, Somy describes significant personal and professional growth in 2025. Personally, she found peace in solitude and small moments of joy, whether through reading Rumi, watching a sparrow rest on her window ledge, or building deep connections with survivors who have become family. Professionally, No More Tears reached major milestones by expanding rescues and forming new partnerships. Her work through Somy Ali Productions continued to bring uncomfortable truths into public conversations, while her memoir made steady progress. She also shared that her upcoming talk show, The Uncomfortable Conversation, is designed to spark honest and necessary dialogue.
Bidding farewell to the year, Somy sums up 2025 as tough but defining. She says it delivered hard lessons but did not defeat the spirit of those committed to healing and justice. With gratitude for the growth and strength it brought, she looks ahead to 2026 with hope for more healing, more voices being heard, and more lives saved. For Somy Ali, the mission remains clear: moving forward, one life saved at a time, with no more tears.
