iVolunteer Blog - everything about volunteeringI work with Shiksharth in Sukma, deep in the forests of Chhattisgarh, as part of the SWAR Fellowship. Along with an incredible team, I’ve been working on Menstrual Health Management (MHM) identifying and training Menstrual Health Champions who will become voices of change in their tribal villages. Our project began with a baseline survey in […]
There’s a creeper in my bathroom. Well, there was a creeper. Let me tell you how it got there, because this isn’t really about a plant, it’s about something we all do. Two months ago, I noticed a thin little creeper peeping through my bathroom window. It came from a tree outside, barely visible, almost […]
I was on my way back from Chennai after attending a family wedding. My route was long: Chennai → Vijayawada → Sukma. At Vijayawada, I had a connecting sleeper bus at 10:30 pm. By the time I reached, it was just 6 in the evening. Now, I have this small habit whenever I travel: if […]
The Surprise Visit Diwali came with a gift I didn’t plan the chance to go home. It was supposed to be a surprise, a burst of light in what had been a difficult year. My grandfather, nearly 90, had been ill for twelve long months. But when I saw him, something magical happened. Despite everything, […]
August 27th marked Ganesh Chaturthi, the beginning of a festival season that would soon bring something extraordinary into my journey at Sukma. A few days before the celebrations began, Shree, Sudhesh, and Darab had arrived, and slowly we grew closer. By the time my birthday on August 29th had passed, I found myself surrounded by […]
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