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A Living Otherness

There is something about these days…there is a living otherness to them. They are about her vivid thoughts. A bellying pool of memories....

Sprouts Between The Teeth

When I saw her for the first time, I thought she was the witch from Hansel and Gretel. Cruel, cruel fairy tales! Husna Bua had seemed...

Two Steps Backward For One Step Forward - for Lucknow

On partly cloudy days This city hangs at the precipice of reality Crushed under the weight of its reputation. At 10:30 pm, five dogs wait...

Forget-me-not

There was no denying it. Nani was officially off her rocker. No, not the literal wicker chair she sat on from morning to late evening, be...

en route to nowhere

in the corner of the metro station people whisper half-truths to each other. bodies become shadows; become promises no one will keep. a...

Shallow-Deep

Said shallow to deep, ‘How can you be generous when you have so little?’ Said deep to shallow, ‘I have enough. I am quite content.’ ‘How...

Portraits in Hell

The elders had been convinced by a series of mysterious deaths in the village that showering was a fatal affair. “We’ve lost twenty odd...

Human Loneliness, the Predatory Nature of Surveillance Capitalism, and the Prophetic Powers of Art

I had just returned from a trip to Cubbon Park with a close friend of over ten years. We were meeting for the first time after the third...

Approach to Architecture in India: In Search of the Modern Vernacular

As an architect in India, having spent half a decade learning about the importance of 'context' (and the multitudes of it present in...

Interview: Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva has been a prominent figure in global environmental activism for decades. She is an outspoken critic of corporate...

Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence)

Vikalp Sangam asks a vital question: are there other ways of living that do not involve causing ecological devastation and widespread...

Farm2Food Foundation

Founded in 2011, the Farm2Food foundation is an educational non-profit that works in over 446 government schools in Assam. The foundation...

Beejotsav

Beejotsav was set up in 2013. The movement seeks to connect agro-ecological farmers and producers with consumers in a bid to cut out any...

Shramik Sammaan

The Shramik Sammaan (Dignity of Labour) project was setup by Bilal Khan, Anil Hebbar and Lara Jesani. The idea was inspired by the plight...

WINS (Women’s Initiatives)

WINS is active in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Here, they collaborate with over 1000 Dalit agricultural workers and...