This reflection dives into why mental health care needs to embrace chaos rather than impose rigid solutions
My Journey Into The Mayanagri
It is impossible to be indifferent to Bombay. You love it or you hate it. Turns out, the author has decide to fall in love.
Gram Swaraj Sangh And Their Mission To Bring Education To Girls
A Gandhian organization in the extreme west of India is quietly bringing shift in the status of girl child education. Read how.
Solid Waste Management: Insights From Bangalore And National Extrapolation
This is a blog about solid waste management in urban Bengaluru in the Saahas Zero Waste and Hasiru Dala organisations.
My First Experience As An Assessor
Several youth skilling and development programs mark the face of civil society action in India. Here is a blueprint of the selection of one such offering.
Travel Diaries: A General Compartment Tale During Diwali
Jodhpur to Howrah in a general compartment on Diwali eve – of public commons and sharing.
Shiksharth: Brewing Hope Through Education
This blog examines and tells the story of the impact Shiksharth, a non profit organisation working in the Sukma district in Chattisgarh
What’s In A Last Name?
Caste is well documented in Indian social anthropology and yet, our fellows cannot stop from it being one of their first blogs – such is the impact
रिपब्लिक हॉस्टल की मनोहर कहानियाँ
मैं आजीविका ब्यूरो द्वारा शुरू किया गया शेल्टर स्क्वायर फाउंडेशन में पिछले ४ महीनो से काम कर रहा हूँ। यह सूरत से २० किलोमीटर दूर सायन में स्थित एक हॉस्टल है, रिपब्लिक हॉस्टल, जो श्रमिकों के लिए शुरू किया गया है।
The Confusion Behind Confusion
In a frenzy of options available for youth, they are often struck with the assumption that it is drastically easier to carve career trajectories, but is it?
What Organograms Tell Us Of Systems And People
Have you ever looked at that flowchart like diagram as to who is where in the system and wondered, whose world view does it represent?
From ‘Pencil’ To Socio Emotional Learning In The Classroom
How the integration of socio emotional skills like developing relationships, self awareness, empathy can create a positive classroom environment
TIKA : The First Menstruation
Roshni, a teenager from Nilawaram, loved to play with her siblings and friends. Their happy laughter filled the air until one day, Ragini, her older sister, abruptly stopped playing games with them. When Roshni questioned why, Ragini would look at her disappointed and...
Empowering Communities: Impact Of Ventures Working With Participatory Approaches
Exploring the insides of the participatory approach which is appreciated by non profits across the country
Defining Your Empowerment
Exploring the different ways in which rural women of Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh are experiencing empowerment in their everyday lives
Navigating TB Medication Shortage In Rural Bihar
Exploring why there is a shortage in the very essential TB drugs and no one seems to be talking about it – in the mainstream media
Reconnecting With My Mother-Tongue Gujarati
Growing up between different cultures Drishti shares her struggles with learning English and how it instilled a fear for languages
A Covenant with Nature in the Heart of Bastar
Examples of routines in the tribal villages of Bastar that brings one hope that not all is lost in terms of nature conservation practices
Balancing Act: Navigating Choices In Rural Rajasthan’s Water Crisis
Explore Rajasthan’s rural water crisis: challenges, solutions, and stories of resilience in Kalwada, Bhamboriya, and Nevta Panchayats
Detachment and Integration: Life in Pota Cabins
Akanksha write about her observations at Pota Cabin schools. How Integrating young minds in Sukma into a predetermined education system, while removing them from violence, can creates a sense of detachment
Theoretical and Practical Knowledge – is the Debate Relevant?
Gaurav explores the conundrum around the age old debate between theory and practice, although are they truly in opposition?
Down to the Last Rupee
Discover the harsh realities of rural poverty in India, from coping with emergencies to navigating high-interest loans