by Adrija Chaudhuri | 10 Jun, 2019 | Journeys
It has been more than 10 months since I, along with 21 others, set out on a journey to learn about and understand India at the grassroots. In all honesty, this has been one mixed bag of a year. Some expectations I harbored remained unmet while some hopes I never knew...
by Adrija Chaudhuri | 23 May, 2019 | Insights
‘Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect’ ~ Mark TwainThe build up to the 2019 national elections, at least if you follow the news, was quite chaotic, although predictable. Some of the actors may have changed, but the...
by Adrija Chaudhuri | 19 Apr, 2019 | Field Stories
When you work at a rapidly expanding NGO like Mann Deshi, things happen at a frenetic pace. I realised this when I got back from India Fellow’s midpoint training. Even though our training days were packed with sessions and activities, it took me a few days to... by Adrija Chaudhuri | 14 Mar, 2019 | Field Stories
One day, as I was walking via my usual route to the sabzi mandi (vegetable market), I noticed a group of people sitting in a flimsy yellow tent. I had actually been fascinated by this yellow tent for a couple of weeks, as I could see it’s movements from the window of...
by Adrija Chaudhuri | 16 Jan, 2019 | Hosts
When I first heard about Mann Deshi, the NGO I’d been assigned to work with, as an India Fellow , I was excited to have gotten a chance to work with an organisation that’s known for its work on financial inclusion. Mann Deshi had started out when Chetna Gala...
