I came into this fellowship full of dreams, wide-eyed, hopeful, and determined to make a difference. I believed that when your intentions are pure, the world opens up for you. That if you really want to work, you can work, and everything else will find a way. But life didn’t go that way. These two […]
Didi , I can’t do this . I am fat . Everyone laughs at me “. These were the first words Sakshi said to me when I met her after she missed the second day of our self defence camp. Her voice was soft her eyes filled with fear and years of self doubt. Sakshi […]
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Is Art a Career? Or Just a ‘Shauk’
In a world bursting with creativity and color, where digital design dominates, galleries thrive, and films touch hearts globally one would think choosing art as a career would be welcomed with open arms. But for many, art is still seen not as a profession, but as a waste of time. “Yeh sab shauk ke liye […]
Waste management is not just an urban challenge or a government mandate — it’s a cultural shift. And like all major societal shifts, it begins with education. Imagine if every child in our villages knew how to separate wet and dry waste, compost food scraps at home, and understand the environmental impact of a plastic […]
As I sit down to write this blog, I’m filled with a mix of emotions – nostalgia, gratitude, and pride. Today, I want to share with you a personal journey that has brought me closer to my family while working on a topic that’s both passionate and sensitive: menstruation health and hygiene. In this blog, […]
Presented by: Sibani Singh There comes a time in every fellow’s journey when the romanticism of grassroots change meets the very unromantic reality of logistics. For me, it arrived in the form of a ticking clock, three suitcases, an entire household to dismantle, a fellowship wrap-up to finesse, project handovers to communities, and of course—Indian […]
Considering the significant challenges in the supply chain for agricultural products – such as the excessive presence of middlemen, the quality disparity between desired agricultural products & the products available in the market, and fluctuating prices – the trend of contract farming has seen a significant uptake. Companies are willing to engage with farmers in […]
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The Story Disease Tells
In general, “Disease is defined as any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury”. Also, a diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state. On the other hand, “Health is a state […]
Shubhanshu Shukla remarked that Earth looks beautiful from the International Space Station. He highlighted that we don’t see national or state boundaries from space, we are one as humans. With the rise of Trump, nationalist interests have only grown. That is fine until every statement that questions national responses is criticized as anti-national. Diplomacy in […]
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The Missing Call
“How do you respond to a missing call—not from the mind, but from the heart?”This question lingered in my mind the moment I received my first missing call from an 8th-grade student—just the same day of my farewell from Warwadey Middle School, the project school where I relived my childhood days. It was the 4th […]
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