This blog is jointly written by fellows Udhisha working with SETU Abhiyan and...
कुछ गुफ्तगू मानसिक स्वास्थ्य पर
इस पॉडकास्ट के जरिए, मैंने और मेरी साथी सहेली 'समरीन' ने जिंदगी से जुड़े कुछ...
कार्यक्षेत्र में महिलाओं की संख्या को कैसे बढ़ाया जाये
भारत की कुल आबादी में से आधी आबादी महिलाओं की है, हमारे देश में नारी को भगवान...
हैंडीक्राफ़्ट के दाम इतने महंगे क्यों है?
हैंडीक्राफ़्ट यानी हाथ से बना सामान। जब भी मैं इनके बारे में सुनता हूँ तो एक...
Ganesh Chaturthi In A Tribal Village And The Cultural Shift
On my way to Kerpai village last time, I experienced something different. The...
Understanding Empowerment Amidst The Buzz
While sitting in my study room and having the luxury of being fascinated by...
The Story Of Thoriyari Village Pond
Thoriyari village pond is a place to visit, a great learning resource to...
The Toilet Situation In Public Schools Of Rural Bihar
Introduction Having spent nearly 21 years of my life in urban settings, I've...
Adivasis – Stereotypes vs Reality
As a diverse country, we know that people from different religions, cultures, and terrains live here in India. However, we often forget or don't talk about certain parts of this diversity, one of which is tribal communities. When I used to think of tribes or Adivasis,...
Complexity Of Education And My Belief In Solution
I always believed education to be a basic right for all. I thought that it could alleviate most, if not all problems. Although I still think that education can empower and help in making people's lives better, there is a slight discomfort and apprehension with the...
De-layering Mobility
In the last couple of months, I had been accompanying a team of mental health professionals from MPower Foundation (Mumbai) on their mental health awareness sessions in Kutch. These sessions were primarily being held with children and adolescents in schools and Akhar...
एक नर्स की भूमिका
नर्सेज़ का वेतन अलग-अलग जगह पर अलग होता है। प्राइवेट हॉस्पिटल मे नर्सेज़ का वेतन सरकारी हॉस्पिटल से कम होता है। सरकारी नौकरी में कुछ पहलू बेहतर हैं जैसे जो सुविधाएँ दी जाती हैं - हेल्थ इंश्योरेंस, छुट्टियां, रेसीडेंसी, मृत्यु होने पर परिवार के सदस्य को नौकरी, और इस...
How Do We Learn And Design For Others’ Learning
A facilitator in college in one of my earliest classes in my first year asked us, “How was your morning today? Draw it and show me”. This was a morning like that. A morning when you've woken up but not quite. On a morning like this there isn’t much to look forward to...
A Resurgence Of Community Libraries In India
India has had a long culture of libraries that served not only as a treasure trove of knowledge but also as learning spaces. Places where debates and dialogues took place. Today, the status of public libraries is dwindling. A study conducted in 2018 revealed that in...
Women Embracing Digital Technology: Challenges & Opportunities
I spent approximately six months in Maheshwar, living cashless and relying solely on digital payments. Whether it was my morning tea, evening grocery shopping, bus tickets, or fuel bills, I used UPI for all transactions. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an instant...
Families Migrating From Kushalgarh In Distress
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying, the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving - Arundhati Roy Kushalgarh is a small town in the district of Banswara, Rajasthan. Until the year 1949, it was an Indian princely state under the...
How Climate Change Affects Migrant Workers
While traveling in and out of towns or cities, I have often observed a specific group of people living on the outskirts. You might have seen them too. Have you ever wondered why they live in such miserable conditions? Is it solely for the purpose of earning money, or...
Intersectionality: Understanding Layers of Oppression
Intersectionality serves as a framework to understand social relations. By recognizing and examining multiple forms of oppression and discrimination experienced at the same time. This concept acknowledges overlapping layers of disadvantaging factors, including class,...
Machiavellian Leaders In Modern Times
Scholars and practitioners have widely explored and utilized the leadership concepts originating from Niccolò Machiavelli's sixteenth-century political theory, applying them to the context of contemporary leadership. While his primary focus was on political...
Allegory Of The Cave: In Social Work
Plato's (an ancient Greek philosopher) Allegory of the cave is a philosophical dialogue. He presents it in his work 'The Republic' where he describes a group of people who live in a cave since childhood. They have chains around their bodies that keep them in one place...
Dying Children And Dead Living Rooms
Until a few months back, when I saw parents coming in with really sick children but not looking concerned enough, it was unbelievable. Basic Healthcare Services, where I work as a fellow, runs Amrit Clinics located in remote tribal villages of southern Rajasthan. We...
Ethical Conflicts Of A Non-Profit Working On Financial Inclusion
Imagine, you are standing next to train tracks and you see a train coming. There are five people tied up on the tracks, they will die if the train keeps going. But there is a lever next to you that you could pull to switch the train onto a different track. However,...