The role of women in my life has been invaluable and transformative, shaping...
भुज की महिलाएं और कमला बेन की कहानी
भुज भारत के उत्तर-पश्चिम भाग में रहस्य की भूमि कच्छ जिले में स्थित हैं।...
Sickle Cell Anemia And A Day In The Life Of A Counsellor
On 8th August 2023, I accompanied Laxmi Patkar, a counsellor at Jan Swasthya...
Observations And Realities In Schools At Saharsa, Bihar
Bihar is one of the marginalised states in India in terms of education. It has...
The Story Of Thoriyari Village Pond
Thoriyari village pond is a place to visit, a great learning resource to...
Unplugged Candlelight Days In Rural Uttar Pradesh
Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh is known for its hand-knotted carpets....
Guftgoo-E-Mewat
“आओ भाईसाहब बैठो, कुछ ठंडा वंडा पीयो” These were some of the first words that...
The Toilet Situation In Public Schools Of Rural Bihar
Introduction Having spent nearly 21 years of my life in urban settings, I've...
हक्कुम
दक्षिण छत्तीसगढ़ के जंगल के बीच में बसा एक गाँव है। इस गाँव का नाम ‘जगरगुंडा’ है। इस गाँव में लोग खेती और शिकार करके अपना जीवन यापन करते हैं। गाँव वाले सब मिलकर शिकार करने जाते हैं। उस गाँव में भीमा नाम का एक आदमी रहता था। भीमा उस गाँव का...
Food Feed In Maheshwar
Guilty! On an average, I spent an hour every day on instagram in the month of December. I saw people getting married, others attending their weddings, some people clubbing on the weekends and others goign off to scenic vacations. When I got sick of watching people I...
सवाई माधोपुर से सरवन की कहानी
सरवन बावरी बस्ती, सवाई माधोपुर, राजस्थान में निवास करता है। वह पहले कबाड़ा बीनने का काम करता था। जब भी रुपयों की आवश्यकता होती, कबाड़ा बीनकर, उसे बेचकर पैसे ले आता और ज़्यादातर रुपए शराब पीने में ही खर्च कर देता था। उसकी सारी कमाई ऐसे ही खर्च हो जाती थी और वह हमेशा...
Qala Aur Kaam: A Day In The Life Of A Street Tattoo Artist
Picture this : a four-way intersection connecting that connect the arteries of Cyberabad, the modern region of Hyderabad home to tech companies. Traffic zooms around the clock on the six- and eight-lane roads. Three flyovers snake through the sky. Another is under...
I Asked Authority Figures What Do They Think About Authority
The following conversations are my attempt to explore the less spoken-about, low points in the journey of being a leader and a person seen as an authority figure. I’ve not written these conversations verbatim. There are five conversations in all, with no fixed...
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....
सुकमा की विलुप्त होती मौखिक भाषाएं
परिचय सुकमा छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य का एक ज़िला है।सुकमा ज़िला के पूर्व में उड़ीसा तथा दक्षिण में आंध्रप्रदेश है। सुकमा एक आदिवासी बाहुल्य ज़िला है । यहाँ आदिवासियों की आबादी लगभग 85% है। सुकमा में मुख्यरूप से गोंड, धुरवा, डोरला जनजातियां निवास करती है । यह...
Insurance And Inclusivity : How Far Have We Reached?
Five years ago, an insurance agent came to my house to convince me to get life insurance. "I'm pretty healthy, nothing horrible is going to happen to me," I thought to myself. At that time, I did not understand how life insurance works. All I thought was if I need to...
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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...
जब किशोरियाँ सवाल पूछती हैं
हमेशा किसी भी कार्य की शुरुआत होती है एक सवाल से! किसी भी विचार में, बात में, विवाद में, चर्चा में या आंदोलन में। एक सवाल जो उठता है चिंगारी की तरह और थोड़ी हवा मिलने पर बड़ी और चमकीली लपटें पकड़ता है। जरूरत होती है बस उस चिंगारी को जगाए रखने की। भुज, कच्छ में ऐसा ही...
A Community Engagement Program At A School In Bihar
In his book "Whose Reality Counts?", Robert Chambers highlights the significant disparities between the realities experienced by those in positions of power and those at the periphery of society, particularly in the context of India, where the divide between the rich...