Ask anyone what makes an Indian woman strong, and you’ll still hear the same answer: her ability to endure. To stay quiet. To adjust. It’s a word we’ve celebrated for decades, even when it has cost women their peace. But the meaning of strength is shifting, and this time, women are defining it for themselves. For some it means walking […]
Walk through any city and you’ll notice how easy it is to look away. A man sits by the roadside eating plain rice from a newspaper sheet. A child at a red light taps the window, not asking for money, just food. Somewhere near a construction site, a woman shares a single packet of biscuits with her two children. None […]
In Dwarka’s Durga Saptashati Foundation, every child is considered to have the right of learning and growing in a safe and nurturing environment. We have the “Education For Every Kids” initiative that will deliver for free the educational, tutorial, and life skill training support to the minors coming from the poorest stratum of society. However, education by itself is not […]
Our NGO founder, Sandhya Singh, says, I remember meeting a handful of women in a dusty village hall at dusk, their sari borders streaked with chalk from the community meeting, voices low but steady. They didn’t ask for flashy programs. They wanted one reliable thing: someone who would listen, show up, and keep their word. That, more than anything, is […]