Kushalgarh, in south Rajasthan, is a humid plain area in terms of agro...
Tobacco Consumption In Rural Uttar Pradesh: Pain Reliever Or Addiction
According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India 2016–17, nearly 267 million...
Bandhani – Of Livelihoods And Love
While working in Bhuj, Kutch, I have come across many women wearing bandhani...
Food Feed In Maheshwar
Guilty! On an average, I spent an hour every day on instagram in the month of...
हक्कुम
दक्षिण छत्तीसगढ़ के जंगल के बीच में बसा एक गाँव है। इस गाँव का नाम ‘जगरगुंडा’...
सवाई माधोपुर से सरवन की कहानी
सरवन बावरी बस्ती, सवाई माधोपुर, राजस्थान में निवास करता है। वह पहले कबाड़ा...
Qala Aur Kaam: A Day In The Life Of A Street Tattoo Artist
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...
The Polluted Notion of Purity
8/8/18: It was my second day in Mishirpur, a village in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. I was casually interacting with a male and a female member of a household, unaware of their social status in the village. (The original conversation took place in a mix of Hindi...
Maternal And New Born Health Crisis In Dalsinghsarai, Bihar
It was the last week of July. Dalsinghsarai was dealing with a critical issue of maternal and new born deaths. These deaths had instigated a series of investigations like social autopsy, analysis of existing events along with evaluation of the responses by various...
An Old Man And A Frog In Rural Udaipur
Age is just a number! After the last few days as described in the previous blog post, she woke up in haste that morning. It was her last day in Nayawaas but she was already marking her calendar, planning her second visit. Children hung from every possible corner of...
A Blackout That Defined Basic Necessities
One evening, when we came back to our room at Science Park, where I'm staying with my colleagues of Shiksharth, all of a sudden, the weather changed. There was heavy rain followed by storm, and to worsen the situation, came a tornado. The wind was so strong that it...
Girls Who Stepped Out For Professional Courses For The First Time
As I mentioned about intervention of mentoring cum tutoring girls for various competitive examinations in my previous blogs how I was mentoring couple of girls for various competitive entrances. In this blog, we will talk about the results and the girls who did it,...
The Toilet Story in a Village of Udaipur
With this post, I'd like to share my experience of Community Immersion in Nayawaas, a village about 120 km from Udaipur. Last few months were quite hectic for the entire team of Kshamtalya, as we were busy organizing the Learning Festival in various schools of Kotda...
Battling Severe Acute Malnutrition Amongst Children In Rural Rajasthan
The beautiful countryside of southern Rajasthan belies a well-kept secret: over half of the adult and child population is malnourished. In the areas where Basic Healthcare Services provides AMRIT health clinics offering high-quality, low-cost healthcare, child...
Baha Parab – The Festival of Flowers
Baha, the flower festival of Santhals is celebrated between February and March every year - the Falgun month as per Hindu Calendar. It is a celebration to express gratitude and respect to mother nature. Baha is one of the biggest festivals of Santhals after Sohrai -...
Living In Fear – Violence At Home
Kanku* is the second youngest of 8 siblings, 5 sisters and 3 brothers. She was a bright kid at school and unlike her older sisters was able to complete school upto class 5. For high school she would have to travel to the next village, which wasn’t what many girls her...
Life of Tribe in Bastar Region of Chhattisgarh
Living in a tribal community from last 11 months has made me realize the ease with which they lead their life. Every newborn in the family plays and have fun within the house for first 3 years. They get used to the lifestyle. They get fed with page (Staple food) and...
Pillachor a.k.a The Child Kidnapper in Odisha
"If you are to become a professional, then this look is unacceptable." "Son, you also have to consider what others will think" "Are you a stoner?" Considering that in my family, most men adorn a shining head, I decided to cherish my hair as long as I could. "What harm...
In This Village, Girls Step Out To Play For The First Time
My father being in the Army gave us a chance to move to a different city every 3-4 years. Shifting to a new place meant a new school and new friends but the best memories I have from studying in Army Schools came from the emphasis on Physical Activity and Sports. When...
An Episode of Complete Disbelief in Bhawanipatna
While working with Swasthya Swaraj, getting back to my field area in Bhawanipatna, Odisha, after a week is always exhilarating. I feel like I've done enough and now is the time for weekend reward. Throughout the week, I work at Kerpai village. When I initially came...
Duski, a Unique Ritual to Forecast Local Weather
In India, 70% of the population is dependent on biodiversity for livelihood. Resources like food, fodder and fertilizer are basic necessities of life. But, working in Bhoola village for the last 10 months has given me an altogether different overview. It was just...