Care is the invisible scaffolding of childhood in India. It is not only found in classrooms, schemes, or service delivery, but in the everyday acts that keep children held: an elder keeping watch from a verandah, a neighbour stepping in during illness, a tuition teacher doubling as counsellor, a crèche improvised in a shaded corner of a worksite. Much of this labour does not show up in plans or budgets, yet it is the first and most enduring infrastructure a child encounters.

What can a lullaby tell us about care, gender, and everyday parenting? This study uses the simple act of singing to a child as a lens to...

Every day, India’s caregivers hold up childhood through choices no system records: hours bargained, rupees stretched, dignity defended, joy carved out of scarcity. Invisible Threads, Indispensable Hands is a six-month journey into these hidden ledgers of care. It asks us to see carers not as beneficiaries, but as the true architects of the systems we all depend on.

PADS, PERIODS, AND THE PRICE OF MASCULINITY What makes a man hesitate at a chemist shop? Why does a simple packet of sanitary pads spark...

Every story we tell moves in a certain direction. Some are polished and outward-facing. Some are raw and reflective. Some sit right at...

So often in our work, we’re asked to prove before we’ve had a chance to pause. To quantify change before we’ve understood what shifted,...