Posts by angelakohama

A Tale of Two-Tier Cities
Intro: Angela Kohama, AIF Fellowship Class of 2013-14, writes about her experience living in Bhavnagar, […]
A Wedding, A Funeral and Everything in Between
The story begins with 12,000 rupees. This is the amount of money I was given […]

The Gunda Undar
Nilam, the project manager for Shaishav’s children’s collective, strolls confidently to the front of […]

The things that keep you sane
People often ask me, “Why India?” It’s true, I keep returning. As I wrote in […]

Mother’s Rights
Let’s take a step back in time, to September 2013. In Bhavnagar, India, the ground […]

Christmas in a slum
T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, several creatures were stirring; yes, […]

Grassroots Development: A Definition
Children, youth and adults clambered into the Shaishav bus, faces aglow with excitement. Standing on […]

Bhavnagar by Bicycle
I have procured a bicycle. Actually, the NGO that I work for, Shaishav, had a […]
Power, Privilege and a Piece of Pizza.
Every time I return to India, I try to “expect the unexpected.” As cliché as that […]