Carving Her Space and Confidence

Carving Her Space and Confidence

Independent life is very important. That is why I chose to go out for a job, not stay at home. I want to stand on my own feet, contribute, and feel confident. In Maralahalli, Nirmala starts her day reviewing notes from the Parivartan Skill Academy course. At 33, she...
At Ayathur, Science Comes Alive

At Ayathur, Science Comes Alive

“The children were very inquisitive. They even demonstrated things on their own.” Just days after we set up a STEM lab at Panchayat Union Middle School in Ayathur, Headmistress Ms. Sathya Priya already has stories to share. The work has only just been...
Where the Sun Lights the Night

Where the Sun Lights the Night

A narrow mud path leaves the main road a few kilometers outside Arakkonam town and winds through parched soil and thinning vegetation to the Narikuravar colony at Thanigapolur. Trains rumble past on tracks that curve around the settlement like a half-drawn boundary. A...