“Gulaami ki zanjeer me kya bandhe, jab desh 1947 mein azaad ho gaya.”- Kishan Before finding out the reality, my mindset always directed me towards believing that men always dominate women. Women in rural areas participate little in decision-making in all spheres of...

As a city bred individual, I’ve always had my stereotypes about the lives of the people who are less privileged than I am. They were always safe and intact in my head. I was so satisfied with my conclusions that I never tried to question them even once. All it took...

The Preamble of the Constitution of India grants and secures to all its citizens, the liberties of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship. It is not often that we realise, and take time to appreciate these liberties. When we cannot appreciate them, it is only...

The human mind assimilates facts very quickly and tends to form an opinion based on it. Most of us tend to look for opportunities to reaffirm these opinions of ours. Seldom do we go around looking for instances to reshape the ideas and assumption that our minds have...

My co-fellow, Alston and I started our journey of testing our stereotypes by sharing a samosa on our way to a village called Devali. I believed that families did not prefer sending their kids, especially girls, to urban areas for higher education. As easy as it sounds...

why do we have this body of unknown people poking into our interests?

“India’s heart lies in its villages.” As a girl living in the city, I have always been curious about the lifestyle in a village. We often hear that people go to the rural areas to find peace and solidarity or to take a break from their city lives. At a young age, we...

Can a system teach you life skills? Can a system teach you to appreciate realities of the world in which we live in? Can it grow our perspective to look at things beyond social, cultural and moral contexts? ... I guess, the answer is- Yes! I’m talking about that...

My jaw dropped when our wallets were confiscated by our co-ordinator. We were told to survive on a paltry sum of Rs. 40! We had to find a village and return back using this nominal sum! My mind raced with thoughts and a slight sense of panic crept in. Finally, a...

“We have no toilet. Due to open defecation, my children often get sick. There is not even a hospital nearby to send my children to at such times.” “Many children get kidnapped by the roadside so I don’t send my children to school. If only the schools where nearby, I...

I walked into the village, excited about getting to see something new, enthusiastic about meeting new people from different walks of life, all set to explore how majority of our country's population lives. What I was faced with was a wandering naked three year old boy...

There's a certain obscurity about journeys that has never failed to surprise me and precisely that's where the beauty lies. As I took the first step with my preconceived, hypocritical philosophies of life, I never knew what I was running after. Whenever asked, I...

Dear Gandhi Today we visited an Adivasi community in a village called Phala amidst the mountains of Udaipur. The idea was to understand the lifestyle of the villagers by interacting with them. The village had 13 mohallas, the one we visited was Godphala. A small...