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THE UNSEEN LABOUR OF WOMEN IN THE MOUNTAINS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF KUMAON

There is a word in Bangla “স্থিতপ্রজ্ঞা” which means a person who stays calm, balanced or steady no matter what the situation is – good or bad.  If I had to describe the woman of the mountains in one word, then it would essentially be this word.  Living in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand has […]

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Safar, Sehat aur Sukoon

It’s been more than a month now since I’ve arrived in Pati, a quite, hilly block of Champawat, Uttarakhand. I came here as a fellow, hoping to serve- whatever that truly meant. But I think it’s Pati that’s serving me- with lessons, with warmth, with simplicity that we often forget to value.  One thing I […]