Posts by denisefernandes

चलो स्कूल चलें हम ! An Anecdote of a Village Women’s School
“चलो स्कूल चलें हम” (Lets all go to school) is a very common Hindi motivational […]
Toffee and the Solar Entrepreneur-Part II
As a teen, I spend long summer days trying to decode Dostoyevsky and his novels. […]
Toffee and the Solar Entrepreneur – Part I
On the bus ride from Koraput (1) to Bhubaneshwar, staring into the night sky while […]
Women of the Watershed
As a city girl with access to almost all the basic needs and privileges and […]
Who Shall Win the War: Salt or Water?
A rather bizarre question I know, but it is equally significant in the complex world […]
Metamorphic Landscapes: “First There Were Forests, Then Came the Agricultural Fields and Now the Saltpans”
The old man sat on his khat (bed) eating his humble supper of bhajra (pearl […]
The Education Troopers: A Walk through an Ancient Civilization and a Mystifying Ecosystem – Kutch, Gujarat
When you have theplas (Gujarati bread) and aloo bhaji (spiced potatoes) packed for breakfast, any […]
The Christmas Spirit in Rural Rajasthan
As a child, Charles Dickens’ novella, “The Christmas Carol” was a riddle to me. I […]
A “Sunshine of Hope”: The Tale of a Night School
Hushed giggles and curious eyes will be a good way to describe my first visit […]
Fissures in the Mirage of Development: When Exclusions Hinder the Process of Development in India
A landscape white, dry and arid was all that greeted me on a visit to […]