Starting life in a new city feels like taking one's own skin off and...
Kushinagar : A Mental Revisit
"... it is in the nature of all things to decay." Gautama Buddha As I stumbled...
Taboo And Anger : Where Is The Space For Empowerment?
The image of the prime minister posing with his scepter, juxtaposed with the...
The Indulging Self And The Raging Winds: Biparjoy
“Sinking in your bed, sinking in your couch and sinking onto your floor”
Finding Joy Amidst Chaos Of The Cyclone Biparjoy
Bracing ourselves Coming from Nirmal, Telangana, a district below the hills...
A Day In My Life As An India Fellow – Part 1
When the day begins, I don’t know how it’s going to end. India Fellow...
Understanding and Power: Exploring Parallels with Sudhir Kakar
"In another, more dynamic formulation to which I would subscribe, the...
My First Rain In Kutch
First three days in Ahmedabad at the main office of my organisation, Samerth...
Winter Is Coming, So Is Consumerism: The Connection Between Game of Thrones and Your Wallet
Game of Thrones (GoT) is a popular television series that aired on HBO from 2011 to 2019. Based on a series of novels by George R.R. Martin, it tells the story of several noble families vying for control of the fictional kingdom of Westeros. The show features a...
About Endless Possibilities And A Library Workshop In Goa
Library to me is a mosaic, a beautiful patchwork of ideas, people, and stories sewn together by books and our humanness. It is a place where I slow down and marvel at the pages filled with pictures, illustrations, colours and their various textures. It is a place of...
A Train Journey From Kesinga To Cherthala On The Dhanbad Express
December 15, 2022, 2:30 AM The Dhanbad Express arrived at the Kesinga station. Along with everyone else on the platform, I ran towards the sleeper-class section at the far end of the train. The moment I stepped foot into the coach, is exactly when I understood the...
Understanding The Complexitites Of Labelling
In a recent group conversation, a colleague lightheartedly asked something along the lines of, “How talkative do you think Adya is?” The other colleague responded with, “Yeh toh expert hai (She is an expert)”. And I dreaded what I thought would follow next. Because...
RRR And India Fellow Social Leadership Program
Well, it’s not the Golden Globe award-winning song from the movie RRR that I am talking about here. It is my take on India Fellow Social Leadership Program. And how it is Refreshing, Reassuring, and Radiant (RRR) for me. Happiness, however, is a personal experience,...
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The Downtrodden [A Poem]
This was penned to portray the voices of those amongst us who are downtrodden. While writing this, the visuals in my mind were that of migrant laborers, who were struggling to get back home during the mega lockdown. They did not have any avenues for their voices to be...
Reflecting Through Rituals And Relationships
Living and working in Maheshwar feels like building a small world of my own. Sculpting and chiseling away, without any care for the world. Taking a pause every once in a while when I get on a call or travel outside this place. The journey as an India Fellow has been...
My Big Red Bindi
As soon as I though of this title, it reminded me of the cartoon, Clifford - the big red dog. It was one of the few feel good shows I had watched as a child. Coming back to the topic, my journey with the bindi began the moment I chanced upon an old photo of my mother...
Sketchy Notes From The Lanes Of Bhuj City
The following blog has been co-written by co-fellows Daraab Saleem Abbasi and Sourav Roy, from India Fellow 2022 cohort. For a few months now we had been wondering what life in an odd town like Bhuj looks like, after lights out. The shops start shutting by 8 PM....
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Winters Of Bihar [A Poem]
Seasons are poetic by their very nature. They try to tell us something about what they do, what they bring, and what they take away. The shedding leaves remind me of emptying ourselves before blossoming into wholeness again. They speak of revival. This year's winter...
8 Things To Keep In Mind While Preparing For A Village Meeting
It's been almost 18 months since I started identifying myself as an India Fellow. It's been 18 exciting months of having to do something that I have never done before. And putting myself in roles that would have otherwise made me nervous. I can't help but look back at...
Beyond The Butterfly Swords : An Illustration
'Beyond the butterfly swords' is an illustration made to represent and express lesbian relationships. I work with Aajeevika Bureau in the Banswara district to nurture women’s collectives in the region. I decided to make a strong but simple and...
Image Of A Working Woman
I am a 22-year-old woman who has very recently entered the world of work. My mother was 21 when she quit her job as a school teacher when she conceived me. Post-childbirth there were various times when she considered getting back to work but the decision never...
Half Half None
The following blog has been co-written by co-fellows Daraab Saleem Abbasi and Sourav Roy, from India Fellow 2022 cohort. An old apartment building like many others that you will find in this city. A parking lot in the stilts of the ground floor and narrow staircases...