by Rakshikha P | 2 Jan, 2023 | Insights
It was a cold, foggy Wednesday morning. I was with Jaysingh*, one of our field staff at Swasthya Swaraj. We were on our way to visit the schools and to collect growth monitoring data of under-five children in one cluster in Kerpai panchayat. After...
by Rakshikha P | 2 Oct, 2022 | Insights
“What is the most satisfactory and peaceful time in a human’s life?” was the topic of discussion in the courts of King Krishnadevaraya. All of the ministers were giving instances of life and death, while Tenali Raman, a brilliant and witty minister in king’s court was...
by Devashree Somani | 27 Apr, 2022 | Insights
You’ve been running errands for the last two hours in your city’s local market area, and now feel the need to pee. Home is a 45-minute metro ride away, and you can’t wait for that long. But you see the signboards for a public toilet within walking distance. What do...
by Devashree Somani | 25 Mar, 2022 | Insights
Rehabilitated manual scavenger, Maya Sangeliya, 45, looks on inside her house. Photo: Anindito Mukherjee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images I was brought up with the belief that cleanliness is next to godliness. I can’t recall if anyone ever used that phrase...
by Anushka Abraham | 25 Feb, 2022 | Field Stories
Based on my experience from rural Maharashtra Before I joined India Fellow, I never thought that I would spend my first day in a village attending a practical session on methods of sustainable menstruation, along with women living in the rural areas of Maharashtra. I...
