Dr Nita Mukherjee describes a dedicated team of educationists in Pune

As educators, what frustrated Dr John and Zakiya Kurrien on their return from the US was the sheer paucity of imaginative learning materials for early years of schooling. “There was everything that would make children want to drop out from school,” says Zakiya. As dedicated educationists who were trained and researched in...

Dr Nita Mukherjee describes Vacha, a unique women’s organisation

As its name connotes in several Indian languages, Vacha refers to speech, verbal expression, articulation or reading. In this case, it refers to a library and research centre that had its roots in the women’s movement and specialises in their issues. Set up in 1987, Vacha brings together people interested in working together on...

Sankalp extends unconditional support to derelict drug-addicts, finds Mitali Patel

Behind the fencing of Bombay Central railway station, several ill-looking people are doing the rounds of a humble shelter erected on an open ground. A distance away, a few wretched people are sitting with their bodies wrapped in multiple layers of blankets. This place is ‘Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust’,...