I am not a religious person. However, by virtue of growing up in a religious...
Flight Over The World Of Education
Hello! I am a bird. I recently heard that a virus called Covid-19 affected the...
Having Skin In The Game – A Beautiful Challenge
It’s been a few days since I moved to my new field location - district Chamoli...
Farewell, Khandar
I had almost begun writing about another beginning as I move to a new work...
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What’s On Your Mind? [A Poem]
They show me the bulging veins,On your forehead and across your...
What Is Empowerment To You?
This question came as a jolt to me. I had never even thought about it. Asked...
A Love Letter To Panna
What is home to you? Is it a city or a person? Is it memories or the feeling...
That Feeling Of Liberation : In Kalahandi
When was the last time you felt most liberated? This question that was thrown...
Does School Kill The Creativity Of Children?
We are all born with immense talent and creativity. However, in our school system, we don’t give enough value to either. By the time we complete our formal education, many of us think that we are not capable. We do what our parents and teachers tell us to do. But is...
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Failures [2/3] : Haath Jhaado, Knees Jhaado Aur Chalo
Second of the 3 part series by our alumni on failures
An Adventurous Journey: Indore to Ambajogai
Moving out of the house at a young age, I was privileged to travel to some parts of Northern India - mostly for education. I've always looked forward to travel to new locations and meet new people. Such experiences have transformed my perceptions and viewpoints about...
Friendly Spiders Of Agragamee
Imagine you have just woken up. You get up and open the door to step out, and the first thing you see is a spider hanging in front of your door, spreading its web. Thinking it might have gone, I took my first step to go out but the web stuck to my entire face. I...
Moving Out, Moving In
Before I dive into my experiences on the ground and learnings from that, I'd like to introduce myself and what brought me here to India Fellow. Imagine this - You graduate amidst a pandemic, losing out a year and a half of college, attending online classes and...
Learnings From A Month On Field
It has been more than a month since I have been working in Maharashtra, and the least I can say is that it has not been easy. I remember being asked in my India Fellow interview about how comfortable I would be with moving to a rural setup in a totally new location. I...
Who Is A Karyakarta?
The word 'Karyakarta' literally means worker in English. I've been trying to understand it better. Who is a Karyakarta? Is it you and me? Is it a CEO of an organization? How often do we introduce ourselves as a Karyakarta? I have never had. In fact, I had always taken...
Working In Grassroots : Perspectives Versus Realities
Shakshi with the girls and women she is working with My dream of bringing a change into the existing system of our society and to adding value to it in an impactful manner was taking shape when my journey as an India Fellow started with my host organization, KMVS...
Being Indistractable Is A Superpower!
I remember getting my first phone when I was 15. I got so hooked I would use it for nearly four hours a day. My family thought I was crazy to spend such long hours on the device. My internet speed was 256 kb/s. Today, my entire family is hooked on these devices. While...
We All Are Trying Our Best
What advantage does a lot of money bring to our lives? Better standard of living, enhanced quality of food, and a lot of material assets. While trying to find an appropriate answer, I figured that the most valuable thing money gives, is freedom. Freedom to do...
Self-Care And Community Care: A Deeply Political Balancing Act
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence; it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare," wrote Audre Lorde, a self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet'. In 1988, her words were a rally cry for liberation - they are designed to...
Ek Garam Chai Ki Pyaali Ho
As a part of India Fellow, we are meant to fundraise for the activities and learnings of the cohort. It is to take ownership as an equal stakeholder and to also pick up fundraising as an essential skill set in the development sector. Here, I write about a story from 5...
The Bus Ride To Empowerment
As a fellow, a part of my work at WISE is to build the entrepreneurial collective of women weavers. Among other things, this entails investing my efforts in a network that can be leveraged for market generation. One of the ways of achieving this is to facilitate...
Kumbhars Of Bangalore, Off The Wheel
When you taste Chai in a Kulhad, you are deluged by the smell of the earthen pot. As a bit of the tea soaks into the clay, the interaction of both the flavours becomes heavenly. Chai in Kulhad is always special to me! Over a cup of tea, my friend and I started our...
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