Picture from the archives of Setu Abhiyan - Urban team It is a cold December...
Those Who Fall Between The Cracks – Where Do They Go?
This lockdown was supposed to be different. Wasn’t everything planned to seem...
Role Of Safai Saathi In The Waste Value Chain
Safai Saathi Safai Saathi is anyone who works towards the betterment of the...
Burden Off The Shoulders
A story of how an old debt repayment turned out to be transformational for a...
Bursting Myths And Building Trust: Reflections From Working With A Tribal Community In Rural Rajasthan
In the months of April and May 2020, when there was a nationwide lockdown,...
Aspirations Of Youth In Jamui, Rural Bihar
Introduction Young people are agents of change in a country. Youth can...
What, From Where And How Should I Consume?
I often used to get frustrated, even dejected wondering about how critical...
The Kishori Shramik And The Labour Market
Note: This blog was first published on Feminism in India on 13th January, 2021...
Kashmir Conflict And Article 370
I am writing this on the 15th August 2019, our 73rd Independence Day, a celebration of India's freedom. But, in the background of partition, many people were killed and millions were displaced. During this time, princely states were asked to join either India or...
Human Centred Design: Learning From The Online Course 1
Do I qualify to design a solution to a problem? Yes I do!With this blog, I and my team would like to reflect on our learning during a 7-week online course on 'Human Centred Design' with +Acumen and present the methodology we used. Our team "Apaches!" had the following...
‘Focus Child’ Growing Up As ‘Focus Adult’
We, as adults, end up doing a few things, which we were not interested to do but we think it will make us look normal. We convince ourselves that we are "Ok" and try to appear happy in front of family and friends, so that people don't judge us. This, unfortunately,...
Indian Power Sector | Challenges and Opportunities
India has come a long way since Independence, and the power sector is not an exclusion. From a mere 1.3 GW (Gigawatt) of generation capacity in 1947, the country boasts of the single grid with a generation capacity of about 350 GW as of the end of February 2019....
Fighting Internally And Seeking Help For Mental Health
I love blank pages. It has all the possibilities to get filled with the colors that can be found in the cosmos. But finding myself blank breaks me down. I wasn’t doing okay and needed help.
The Minorities Of Mhaswad
While the national political discourse takes on more and more of a saffron hue, its polarising effects have spread beyond cities to small towns and rural areas.
Stereotypes, Prejudices And Discrimination : Health Of Mental Health In India
Away from the maddening crowd of the city, I was sitting by the bank of the Yamuna river in the outskirts of Delhi. She was throwing pebbles in the still water. The quaint surrounding and chirping birds added the much required charm to our away-from-chaos-picnic. That...
Searching For Feminism In Rural Uttar Pradesh
About three weeks back while I was sitting in my balcony, observing the commotion on the road and thinking about the last 8 months that I have spent in Kantain village of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, several thoughts ran through my mind. It was a mixed bag, of...
The Types Of Learners I Meet Everyday At Work
Once a co-facilitator mentioned “Teaching is the best way of learning”, in the desire to leave a meaningful knowledge I prepare myself in learning the concepts well
The 10-Minute Homework Rule
Have you ever thought “why a large number of student’s blood run cold in the name of the school?”. Here is my take on this issue. Students often procrastinate not to be present in school. The reason behind is not lack of interest, but homework. It is tempting to...
Why Did 9-Year-Old Bright Faiz Drop Out Of The Village School?
Faiz Parveen, a 9-year-old studying in primary school at village Daniyalpur in Munger District of Bihar was excelling in his studies. Faiz was studying in this school since 3 years and was always on time for school. It was the month of October (2018), when Faiz was...
The Unwritten Rules For The Binary Genders
In Kanpur, six months of my fellowship has been about marketing organic products by the farmers. On a random working day, I was involved in a sales campaign, customers were coming to ask about the organic products that we were selling. A middle-aged man wearing kurta...
“Arey Tension Kyun Le Rahe Ho” In Bihar And Himachal Pradesh
As part of my fellowship, I’ve got an opportunity to work in two different climatic, cultural and geographical settings where I could observe certain aspects which are totally in contrast in the two places. My host organization Aavishkaar is located in Palampur,...
Keep Walking, Keep Thumbing : A Hitchhiker’s Life
I still remember my debut hitch-hike in Delhi, first-year college, with a few friends who hitched rides daily. It was normal to do it, the college students with cars were useful and the daily passers-by knew about it. I was awkward in putting out a hand in initial...
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