Here is the story of Suman Meravi, a young woman from a Mudghusri village of...
Rise Of Fever Clinics During Monsoon
Monsoons in India bring the greenery and calmness back into town. I love to...
जैविक खेती और कुछ पुरानी पद्दति का विश्लेषण
जब हम अपने आस पास खेतों में लहलहाती फसलों को देखते हैं तो लगता है कि हमारा देश...
स्वयं शिक्षण दिवस
एक दिन स्कूल में कक्षा लेते समय नोटिस आया कि आज दो बजे के बाद सुशील शाला...
कश्ती गुज़ारे की, चाह की
मैं लखनऊ स्थित सद्भावना ट्रस्ट में इंडिया फ़ेलो के रुप में जुड़कर कार्य कर रही...
जहाँ सोच, वहाँ शौचालय
विद्या बालन जी का यह विज्ञापन हमें सिखाता है कि अगर हम तय कर लें तो खुले में...
The Janmashtami Of Ratnal
Ratnal is a small village, spread on both sides of a highway connecting Bhuj...
Bringing Hope To The Children Of Families Who Migrate
Seasonal Migration In Chhattisgarh When I was going to the villages of Bodla,...
A Heart-Wrenching Tale Of A 13-Year Old Mother In Rural India
It was 11:30 PM when I received a call from Reema’s* mother-in-law. They belong to one of the villages in Panna, Madhya Pradesh where Project Koshika runs a health intervention. Reema complained of severe stomach ache, nausea and fever. I pulled out my notes to see...
Rolling With The Punches: Thinking About Labour And Leisure With Bihar’s Beedi Makers
"Butru humni ki business ke baare mein likh rahel [This young woman is writing about our business]," Meera Devi* calls out to the woman who's just walked up to the gathering of women sitting in the gaanch (sandy grove) outside the Kali Mandir in the village of...
Why 50 kgs On A Weighing Scale Comes As A Surprise To Me
Malnutrition as a term never occurred in my conversations before I started working with Project Koshika in Panna, Madhya Pradesh.It has become a reoccurring word in my dictionary now. Koshika runs a maternal and infant health intervention in 10 remote villages of...
A Closer Look Of Majholi, Panna : My First Rural Immersion
Rural immersions make for an important part of the fellowship journey. I remember during induction, we were divided into teams of five and were asked to go to villages in and around Udaipur, everyday for three days. On Day 1 the instructions provided to us were, "Do...
My Definition Of Empowerment : The Inspiring Story Of Meenakshi Tai
A couple of months back, we had such an online session* on Empowerment by Sushma Iyengar, founder of Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan, Gujarat. I was excited about it, one because it was by such an inspiring leader and two, because of the topic. The term, empowerment, is...
Mera Ghar Kahan Hai? Asks A Domestic Violence Warrior
The world in front of her eyes came crumbling down with the news of her wedding being fixed. She ran to her grandpa with millions of questions in her eyes and shouted at him. But, grandpa did not utter a word. His silence was enough to tell that her fate had been...
The Rituals Of (Dis)possession
Goddess Kishori's temple in Khamri, where the ritual of bandhej takes place Kashi* starts to speak, however from a distance, because bandhej forbids her to stay in close proximity with women. She is one of the many women in the Bundelkhand region, to go through the...
Doing “Dirty Work”: The Midwives Of Rural Bihar Come Clean
Cleanliness is also a big facet of the work of midwives. An essential component to understanding their responsibilities is caste. This is a representational image. “Who will I teach? They all tell me, ‘Who will do this hellish work? It is dirty and I feel...
The Decaying Roots Of Tradition
After coming to Odisha, I was invited for a wedding for the first time in a tribal village. I decided to go for it. Outside Kerala, I have only seen north Indian weddings, that too only in movies. This was going to be a completely different experience. The venue was...
Mandav Utsav 2021 : What People Had To Say
This article is a critical appraisal of what I saw and heard when I visited Mandav for their yearly festival. All views shared are my observations from the conversations I had with the locals of Mandav,
What Does Consent And Privacy Mean To Those Who Bathe In The Open
About research ethics and its upkeep – ever elusive!
Family Planning And Contraceptives In Rural Rajasthan
After having a long discussion on the different types of contraceptive measures and advantages of having a small family, Sita* didn’t look satisfied. She turned to me and said, “Everything is on us. From taking care of the house, growing children inside us, raising...
Will The Women Artisans Please Stand Up?
How the weaving value chain has managed to define roles for men and women in the process, where the later are more often than not, subjugated.
COVID Vaccination Game – Generating Awareness And Creating A Safe Space!
Have you ever played a game and learnt something? I’m taking the jump and assuming a yes. For quite a few of us, our initial school days went in playing games and learning something through it. Wonder why our education system changes that as we grow up. From learning...