There are some obvious challenges of facilitating sexuality education workshops online. But more than the challenges, there has been so much success! I have been holding sexuality related sessions online for the past 14 months, and the first time I was online on zoom with this ‘X-rated’ content, I made…

This blog is about my experience of facilitating an online research project: Sexuality Education through Systems Practice (SESP) from March to June 2020 — Hesitantly and without complete preparation, I held an online learning space for the past four months. The purpose was to explore the landscape of sexuality education in India using tools of systems mapping. …

At Sikanderpur, Gurgaon there is a big MGF Emaar building. We work, 24/7, Chaayos and Blue Tokai are all stationed at this one centre. They are open round the clock and for someone like me who is extremely fickle minded and swings between moods, men and mindsets quite rapidly, it’s…

Of the many things I learnt during my fellowship year, one is the art of roti making. Within the first week of being placed at Aavishkaar in Himachal Pradesh, we were told to cook for everyone. The idea of cooking for more than just 2–3 people scared the hell out…

Well thank you for introducing Ram as Sita’s husband. That’s enough accomplishment for that life of hers though. ‘The Forest of Enchantments’ by Chitra Divakaruni, has put me in a whirlwind of emotions. I had lost the ability to deeply connect with novels due to the kind of stories I…

A few days ago while walking down from a mountain top amidst Himalayan valleys, me and my friend aggravated at the sight of some beer cans and packets of chips heaped along the road. …

This is an account of the day Ladakh became a Union Territory. We were sitting in the middle of a session by the founder of Snow Leopard Conservancy in Leh, Tsewang Namgail, when his teammate Jigmet Dadul, gave him the news about Ladakh becoming a Union Territory. In the middle…