Penned By Board Member, Alo Pal  Anandi had a very difficult childhood. When she lost her mother at the age of seven, her maternal grandmother took her in and brought her up. Despite the challenges she faced early in life, Anandi went on to complete a two-year diploma in nursing and was recruited by a… Read more »

Penned By Communications Officer, Asmi Dolia  On Saturday 19th September, Sharana conducted a one-day workshop on Basic Visual Communication for approximately 75 college students from different disciplines. The workshop was organised through Sharana’s Digital and Language Lab, with the aim of introducing students to the fundamentals of visual communication and giving them an opportunity to… Read more »

Penned By Board Member, Alo Pal “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So, you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” Steve Jobs Jana was bright, passionate about maths, and model child whom our social workers described as “obedient, disciplined, calm, interested… Read more »

Penned By Intern Tapomagna   For a child, the sea can hold many memories: a place to swim, play, collect shells and watch the waves. But what happens when the child begins to wonder why there is plastic in the ocean?  This question lies at the heart of Sea Change, an environmental education programme developed… Read more »

Penned By Board Member, Alo Pal By mid-March 2020, the distant buzz of COVID-19 and the detection of the first cases in India had become a calamitous cacophony, and the school where I teach shut pre-emptively in mid-March. I moved to a farm in the village with my children, unsure of what to do about… Read more »