January 22, 2019
The legend goes that it was Phula Bai who decided that the Garasias make the place, with a flowing stream at the foothills of Mount Abu, […]
January 22, 2019
Rashmi’s children were already adults and students in the school were unrelated to her. Yet she could not reconcile the fact that they were forced to drink contaminated water in school every day. The spark to change in Rashmi had been lit some months back in the trainings on citizenship.
January 22, 2019
Padmabati had a dream. She dreamt of a small family built with love and care. A distant relative, from a village about 12 kms from her […]
January 17, 2019
(Why have you gathered here? What do you want?) said the Police Officer to members of Ekta Mahila Sangh, the block level federation of women SHGs […]
January 7, 2019
Keshabati Mohanta is from Naubudani village of Chakidi Gram Panchayat, situated amidst thick hilly forests, in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. Like the majority of her fellow […]
December 21, 2018
It was September 2016, a usual Tuesday afternoon at Dina Tola; the villagers were waiting to collect their monthly quota of ration from the fair price […]
November 17, 2018
She had wings but did not fly; for she was too scared where she might land. Little did she know that her flight would change her […]
November 12, 2018
The journey of the last decade had brought a sea change in the lives of women of the Laxmi SHG. Strong association with their group and […]
September 10, 2018
She drove me tentatively as we passed through the town. As she crossed the main highway, she breezed through, letting me talk to the wind. Mohini […]