This page includes all of our Stories from the field
My father is a primary school teacher and he is very strict about studies. When I was a child, I used to live in his terror.
We are taught that education is an important tool to change society for the better. And education is the only way you can become the person who can make change happen. But in my village, education is not treated like this. Mostly people don’t understand the value of it.
I have been a Biology teacher all my life. And any Bio teacher would tell you how hard it can be to teach reproductive system to a class full of teenagers.
In my village, women don’t have opportunities. They take care of their families, work in fields, but they are rarely an earning hand.
Stories from the Field is a series of interviews with people form the Shiv Nadar Foundation who work with children, youth and other beneficiaries. It provides an uninhibited and unconventional view of the on-ground efforts they undertake and the impact of their work on the lives of the beneficiaries as well as on the society.
The legacy of any culture is very closely embedded in its language – oral traditions are passed on, history is put on paper and the intricacies of life are documented best in the language of the time, and of the people. Hindi, in many ways, is that language.
Stories from the Field is a series of interviews with people from the Shiv Nadar Foundation who work with children, youth and other beneficiaries. It provides an uninhibited and unconventional view of the on-ground efforts they undertake and the impact of their work on the lives of the beneficiaries as well as on the society.
