Field Notes

Stories from the ground. Every post is written by the team that did the work — no ghost-writing, no PR filters.

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Bolti Nadi

Three weeks on the riverbank

By Field Team07 Jun 20267 min read

Three weeks on the riverbank taught us more about declining flow than any satellite image could. Here are the field observations that didn't make it into the formal report — the texture of silt, the smell of stagnant pools, the conversations with farmers whose wells had run dry.

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FarmoursWomen

When the SHG becomes the gram sabha

By Field Team28 May 20266 min read

How a women's self-help group took over the proceedings of a village meeting, and why economic agency precedes political agency in rural spaces.

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Yoga Kutumb

Yoga Kutumb: 5,000 Mats

By Instructors15 May 20265 min read

Behind the scenes of coordinating 5,000 participants across 12 districts for International Yoga Day, and why rural health infrastructure matters.

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HeritagePrayaas

Guriya magazine: what 32 children taught us about heritage

By Guriya Team20 Mar 20265 min read

Editorial reflections on Issue 4. The children's drawings of local temples revealed details that adult architects had missed during our formal surveys.

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FPF

Applying the Five Pillars Framework to our own programmes

By Founder10 Mar 20269 min read

Where we score well on A-E-I-O-M, where the architecture is still deficient, and what we're doing about it in 2026.

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