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In the quiet villages of Uttarakhand, there is a silence that wasn’t always there. It is not the peaceful silence of the hills, but one shaped by absence of young voices, of bustling activity, of lives that have slowly moved away. Migration has become a defining reality of the state, especially across regions like Kumaon […]

For the last nine to ten months, I have been living in a remote hilly region of Uttarakhand. When I first arrived here, many things surprised me. The people here are incredibly simple and welcoming. Life moves at a slower, calmer pace. There are no flashy markets, no crowded malls, and no constant rush like […]

When people think about working in the health sector, the focus is often on services, systems, and outcomes – counselling sessions conducted, visits completed, data recorded. What is less visible, however, is the emotional work that quietly runs alongside these tasks. During my initial field visits, I did not anticipate how much of this work […]

Watching a Company Lose and Learning What Numbers Really Mean Not every lesson in business comes wrapped in success. Some arrive through silence. Through tension. Through numbers that don’t add up. At X Chilly Agro Pvt. Ltd., I witnessed something that changed the way I look at entrepreneurship forever. I saw the company take a […]

Who Are Fellows? A Reflection from My Own Experience When I first became a fellow, I thought it was a learning opportunity, a space to grow, explore, and understand systems from the ground level. I believed a fellowship would be different from a typical job. It would be structured, guided, and designed for both impact […]

Many a times, we fail to think about the effects of our present actions in our future. Many a times we only think of future, get worried and resist our present living. Many a times we seek instant rewards while other times we delay the good things that can bring difference in our present. Like […]

I have always been someone who liked clarity. Clear plans, clear answers, clear outcomes; there was a certain comfort in knowing what comes next. Even when things were uncertain, I would try to organise them in a way that made them feel manageable. But over the past few months, I have had to sit with […]

“Transformation” is a word I often came across while scrolling through Instagram reels. Most of the time, it was about physical change: skin tone, weight loss, appearance, style. And yes, those transformations are beautiful in their own way. But for me, transformation meant something entirely different. Mine didn’t happen on the outside.It happened within. This […]

Public health systems are often understood through policies, schemes, and institutional frameworks. However, their functioning becomes most visible at the last mile in rural areas where systems, people, and practices intersect on a daily basis. During my fieldwork in the Pati block of Champawat district in the Kumaon region, I had the opportunity to closely […]

This phase of my journey felt deeply personal because I was not just observing operations- I was involved in every step. We received a big consignment order of 2 tons from Aachi and BigBasket. Hearing “2 tons” created excitement in the team, but it also brought responsibility. It meant our processes would be tested at […]