My rainbow experience by Amos – kanthari 2021 participant I used to be afraid of embracing the true nature of myself not realizing that I hold magic in my feet. The unshelled individual who not only is unapologetic but vigorous towards life and its beauty. Slapped down many a time by the community and family, […]
kanthari blog 28-05-2021 Read More »
No school, no Meal. The National Food Security Act (2013) says, “The basic concept of food security globally is to ensure that all people, at all times, should get access to basic food for their active and healthy life. Though the Indian Constitution does not have any explicit provision regarding a right to food, the
kanthari blog 14-05-2021 Read More »
The plight of migrant workers By Meghana Raveendra Learning about the situation of tribals during the covid pandemic, I asked myself the following questions: Had I ever had to depend on others to receive food for an unknown period of time? Did I ever have to struggle to get basic health care access? Did I
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Covid Tsunami hits India. By Meghana Raveendra Due to the current crisis in India, the focus of our blog will now again be mainly on kantharis who are suffering and yet still empowering others. In this post we shed our light on Bharat who is amidst the crisis, trying to do relief work for Dalit
kanthari blog 30-04-2021 Read More »
Title: Covid19 and Generation Z – One year after lockdown One year ago, after a 3-month lock-down, we spoke to Abhijit Sinha, a 2015 kanthari graduate and the Founder of Project DEFY (Design Education for yourself). (Read last year’s Covid and Generation Z blog post here) Abhijit builds nooks in India and Africa. These are
kanthari blog 23-04-2021 Read More »
A Journey back home Today we publish an essay from a participant of kanthari 2021 course. Nematullah Ahangosh is from Afghanistan. (This essay was written by him as a part of his application to kanthari.) On a summer day, I was 13 years old, I remember that I didn’t sell enough on the streets. I
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Is healthcare equally accessible for all? by Meghana Raveendra. Every year, the 7th of April is celebrated as World Health Day to create awareness and bring to the front important health issues across the world by the World Health Organisation. On this occasion I thought it is relevant to share about the lack of access
kanthari Blog 09-04-2021 Read More »
Another kind of mentor by Meghana Raveendran, a kanthari graduate of 2019 “If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.” – J Loren Norris This quote by Lorena Norris is a peak into what we at kanthari believe mentoring is all about. For years we have seen that
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Networking for Social Change & Personal Development. By Peter Adeeko, founder of Soulace Africa The world we live in is entangled in a huge web. To think of untangling it is to create further chains of complexity. This fact is what explains my connection with Mayuri Joshi Dhavale, whom I popularly call as “Mayor”. In
kanthari Blog 26-03-2021 Read More »
Sustainable design – the kanthari campus By Pragya Raut, architect, Nepal. A severe earthquake of 7.8 magnitude hit Nepal on 25th of April 2015. It was the greatest of the century in which more than 9000 people died, 20,000 people were injured, and more than half a million houses were destroyed. Now 6 years
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