5 Reasons You Should Visit Bir This Summer
I first found out about Bir in 2012. Despite being familiar with the state of Himachal Pradesh, I only learntContinue Reading
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Travel has been a core part of my life since I was a child. Family vacations with extended relatives andContinue Reading
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It’s been a few years since I moved back to Delhi after living and working in rural parts of UttarContinue Reading
How Rural Women Mustered Courage To Fight Elections
Originally published on Huffpost India: Nageshwari Devi hails from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh. Residing in a house with aContinue Reading
What I Learnt About Women’s Participation in Politics
Originally published on the official blog of my alma-mater Institute of Development Studies– Upon the completion of my MA in GovernanceContinue Reading
2000 Women Contest Elections, Over 800 Win!
The three-tier Panchayat Elections in Uttar Pradesh that took place recently (October-December 2015) saw over 2000 women from Self HelpContinue Reading
Curious Case of Missing Voters
What happens when in the world’s largest democracy, at the heart of which is ‘a commitment to hold regular, freeContinue Reading
Minds Without Fear
Since my last blog post, over the last two weeks, I have met close to 150 women who are eitherContinue Reading
Taking the Leap
Two weeks back I met Gautami (name changed) in a small village in Central UP. After a long trail throughContinue Reading
The Butterfly Effect
As I was brainstorming about what to include in the curriculum of our leadership programme for rural women, I wentContinue Reading
