इस सीरीज के पहले आर्टिकल में गहराई से समझने व लिखने के लिए हैरेसमेंट मुद्दे के...
Cockfighting: A Tradition Or Violence Against Animals?
Cockfighting is an ancient spectator sport. There is evidence that...
हैरसमेंट को आखिर गंभीरता से क्यों नहीं ले पाता है हमारा समाज?
एडिटोरियल नोट: लेख में हमने इव टीज़िंग के स्थान पर हैरसमेंट का प्रयोग...
Do You Know About SETU Abhiyan in Kutch?
At India Fellow, the journey that each of us undertakes comprises a lot of...
How did the people do their ‘business’ then? (Part 1 of 2)
“What is the most satisfactory and peaceful time in a human’s life?” was the...
A 6KM Long Trek For Water And Why Every Drop Counts
I can never forget Anupama’s (India Fellow alum) line, “Try and understand the...
Monsoons In Sukma
Due to the Naxal movement in 2005 (Salwa Judum), Sukma is one of the highly...
Silicosis: The Occupational Hazard Of Doing God’s Work
The Pindwara district in the state of Rajasthan is known for its mining...
Balika Panchayat: Creating A Platform For Adolescent Girls
Introduction - What is a Balika Panchayat? The Women and Child Development Department of Gujarat (will be referred to as WCD), under the initiative Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, launched a pilot project of creating Balika Panchayats. This project was started with the aim...
Rolling With The Punches: Thinking About Labour And Leisure With Bihar’s Beedi Makers
"Butru humni ki business ke baare mein likh rahel [This young woman is writing about our business]," Meera Devi* calls out to the woman who's just walked up to the gathering of women sitting in the gaanch (sandy grove) outside the Kali Mandir in the village of...
स्त्रियाँ बाहर जाने से कतराती हैं! कारण क्या है?
ट्रिंगर वॉर्निंग- आर्टिकल में सेक्शुअल वायलेंस का ज़िक्र है। आज मैं एक ऐसे मुद्दे की बात करने जा रही हूं, जो मुझे और मेरे आसपास की युवतियों, स्त्रियों और LGBTQIA समुदाय के ज़ुबान पर ना सही मगर दिल में एक कसक के तौर पर हमेशा से रहा है। बात है हैरसमेंट की:...
Exploring Relationship With Religion
I am not a religious person. However, by virtue of growing up in a religious society, I've always practiced Christianity as a way of life. Church and community have played a major role in shaping my mental models, beliefs, and aspirations. All throughout childhood, I...
Designing A Training Session For Swasthya Kirans
Who is a Swasthya Kiran ?She is a community volunteer residing in the village she serves. They receive trainings on various health topics pertaining to the need of their community. They spread their knowledge amongst their fellow community members. They are also...
Flight Over The World Of Education
Hello! I am a bird. I recently heard that a virus called Covid-19 affected the human kind. Am I too a victim of the virus? Has there been a genetic mutation in birds lately because I have been thinking like humans. After flying for such long hours and thinking along...
Having Skin In The Game – A Beautiful Challenge
It’s been a few days since I moved to my new field location - district Chamoli in Uttarakhand. Here we are working on a project to protect, preserve and cultivate traditional medicinal and aromatic plants. We are working in 5 blocks of the district and I am currently...
“उदयपुर के 25 गाँव जहां कोई स्कूल नहीं”
अभी हाल ही में आपने बिहार के सोनू कुमार का वायरल वीडियो देखा होगा, जिसमें वो सीएम नीतीश कुमार से मिलकर अच्छी शिक्षा पाने की गुहार लगा रहा था। वह IAS बनने के सपने बता रहा था। अब चलिए आपको वहीं, राजस्थान के सुदूरवर्ती इलाकों में ले चलते हैं। बस स्कूल जा रहे हैं कुछ...
Why 50 kgs On A Weighing Scale Comes As A Surprise To Me
Malnutrition as a term never occurred in my conversations before I started working with Project Koshika in Panna, Madhya Pradesh.It has become a reoccurring word in my dictionary now. Koshika runs a maternal and infant health intervention in 10 remote villages of...
Kambadiya Devipujaks : The Worshippers Of Devi
Most of my time spent in Kutch is with the communities on urban Bhuj, specifically slum areas. I go for regular visits to their places to meet the Kishoris (adolscent girls). As part of my project with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), we work towards the...
Trupti Kitchen : A Community Kitchen For Senior Citizens
MArathwada NAVnirman LOKayat 'MANAVLOK', the organization I am part of, is working on myriad thematic areas like watershed management, health, education, women empowerment, disaster relief, agriculture, and livelihoods. Think of a thematic area and I bet MANAVLOK has...
Barricades : Safety On One Side, Inconvenience On The Other
If you’re heading towards any residential part of south Delhi at any time post 10 PM, then even Google Maps will not be able to help you with the directions. Only someone who is a regular and knows every nook and corner of the area can get you out of the maze that...
Possible Consequences Of Women Not Knowing Their Bodies
I was on a patient visit, to understand why some of our TB diagnosed patients were not consuming their medicines and to further motivate them to eat, take care and routinely consume their medicines. On one such visit we came across a home besides a corn field where a...
Farewell, Khandar
I had almost begun writing about another beginning as I move to a new work location in Chamoli, Uttarakhand. But then I felt I need to bid a goodbye first. For the past 7 months, as part of India Fellow, I have been working with Udyogini in a place called Khandar in...