Picture this : a four-way intersection connecting that connect the arteries of...
A Community Engagement Program At A School In Bihar
In his book "Whose Reality Counts?", Robert Chambers highlights the...
Role Of Women In Indigenous Pastoral Community
In the last 6 months of working with the Van Gujjar community in Uttarakhand,...
Encouraging The Next Generation Of Girls and Women of Vadasar, Bhuj
The following is a conversation with Preeti ben, Sarpanch of Vadasar Gram...
Forming A Multi-Layer Kitchen Garden
Traditionally, vegetables have been cultivated in household gardens that vary...
Choices And Preferences Of Women In Bhuj
As a woman who has more social class privilege than a lot of other women, I...
The Christmas Canopy In Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh
One of the key areas where a lot of social enterprises need support is in...
Diamond Rush: It’s All About Luck
“Kaunsa wala khadaan dekhna hai? Sarkaari ya jo naadi kinaare hai woh ?”...
Inside Sharma Ji’s Religious Haven
Baldev Sharma's* shop where you'll find idols of gods and goddesses belonging to Hindu, Jain and Buddhist faiths, most of which have been carved on order by customers for various temples and homes. Hailing from a lineage of sculptors, Sharma ji, almost on cue, begins...
A Single Story Across The Bridge
Slogans spray painted on the wall of a flyover in front of one of Nizamuddin Basti's exits As a young girl, having always lived in Delhi, walking through Nizamuddin basti on a Wednesday morning quite literally brought me to a halt. There was so much to take in, to...
From Waste To Wealth – The Story of Rajiben Vankar
Take a peak into the rise of Rajiben Vankar, as she paved her way from a weaver to an eco-entrepreneur
कागज़ का देस
जिस समय यह लेख लिखा जा रहा है हिन्दुस्तान कोरोना वायरस के केसेस में दुनिया में तीसरे नं. पर है और एशिया में पहले| बिहार और असम एक भीषण बाढ़ से गुजर रहे हैं जिनमें लोगों के घर, मवेशी, पूंजी, बच्चे सब बह रहे हैं| कश्मीर में इंटरनेट के साथ-साथ बहुत कुछ बंद हुए एक साल हो...
मेरा नाम लकी है
वो कहते थे उन्होंने मुझे काल नदी से आयी मिट्टी से बनाया था। जब पहली बार मैंने उन्हें देखा, मुझे लगा वही मेरे पिता है। मगर जब उन्होंने मुझे मेरी माँ, काल के बारे में बताया तब मालूम हुआ की वे मेरे चाचा हैं| पिता के बारे में वे भी नहीं जानते थे। मैं अक्सर सोचता कि...
One In 92,275
From Sukma bus stand I got on a bus to Jagdalpur. I have to reach a place called Lathipara, around 30 kilometers away from Sukma. The bus is traveling dead slowly, after one and a half hour journey I got down on the stop - Laskepara. Now there is a 2-mile walk to...
Raikheda Community: Shackles Of The Society
An insight into the effect of social, economic and cultural structures on education
मैं भी कम्यूनिटी का हिस्सा
बाएं से दाएं - उमेश, गांव के दो सदस्य, गुलाबी जी और मैं जब मैं कानपुर से भदोही जाने के लिए निकला था तो मन में कई सवाल, ख्याल थे और उत्सुकता थी कि मैं जहां जा रहा हूँ वहाँ के लोग कैसे होंगे; क्या-क्या विविधताएँ होंगी| साथ ही इस बात की खुशी भी थी कि अब मुझे कुछ समय गाँव...
Kanku Ben: A Model Sarpanch
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”- Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar This blog is based on a telephonic interview of Kanku Ben taken by me. However, the whole conversation was in Hindi which has been translated, not word...
Pariksha Pe Charcha – A Tale Of Examinations In Sukma
A child trying to "by-heart" lessons before an exam One thing I feared the most in my school days were examinations. There were one too many factors to it, from an unacceptable concept that marks define who you are, to the troubling competition and pressure from...
Putting The Desi In The Wool
Taking a dive into the dying Desi Wool ecosystem
कुछ लोग खुद से पहले समाज के बारे में सोचते हैं
From left ... Amma, Aditi, Manoj ji, Praveen ji and Golden हम सभी अपने जीवन में अनेक प्रकार के लोगों से मिलते हैँ और कुछ लोग हमें प्रभावित भी करते हैँ। वैसे ही लोग में से एक प्रवीण जी के बड़े भैया मनोज जी हैं और भैया के साथ जो बातचित हुई उसे आप सभी के साथ साझा कर रही...
The Everyday Lives Of The Residents Of Panna Tiger Reserve
Kathari village inside the buffer zone of the Panna forest reserve Panna National Park is spread over Panna and Chattarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh, within an area of 542 km. The community living in the forest of Panna are mostly from Raj Gond and Saur Gond. The...
“आवर्तणशील खेती” – A Sustainable Agriculture Method
Packing Bags From Kanpur Travel is love but it becomes more fun when the journey is not pre-decided or certain. The same happened with me when I had to leave Kanpur, about which I had gotten to know only 5 minutes back and within two hours, I had already left. After I...