storytelling initiative
storytelling initiative
The Storytelling Initiative provides creative feminist storytellers the opportunity to narrate stories of resilience, of the power of collective action to effect social justice, of the hope and hard work that can lead to change. The storytellers attempt to present a nuanced understanding of the issues faced by structurally excluded groups and document aspects often missed in the mainstream.
Yamuna’s Daughters - Janhvi Saini
This is a graphic essay on a community living in Delhi’s Yamuna floodplains that faces regular disruptions because of floods. This project tells stories of resilient people, with a focus on the experiences of different generations of women.
Women Singing Emptiness
A music festival in the Malwa region has begun to offer women the chance to sing the music of Kabir, their beloved friend, poet and philosopher. Following the trials and tribulations of a few of these women gives us a glimpse of lives unexpressed and emotions repressed.
FGM in India: A Memoir of a Movement
How survivors and allies led an independent, bottom-up and bold movement against the practice of female genital mutilation in India.
Defining Herself: Smells and Struggles
This visual essay in water-colours focuses on Nimmi’s mother, Mini – Bahujan woman and first-generation learner – who became an ASHA worker after surviving decades of oppression.
If Our Healing is Unlocatable, Where Do We Pin Our Destination?
Sudipta's escapist fantasy includes loitering, dressing-up, resting, and unapologetically existing in an affirmative non-binary feminist world.
A Pull to Infinity
A Pull to Infinity traces Joshila’s journey with Ultimate Frisbee and shows how participation in a mixed-gender sport creates space for freedom, confidence and resistance within a deeply patriarchal context.
Friends and Folk
Friends and Folk follows Belaku Studio, a recording studio in a remote village of Belgaum, which was founded to provide a platform for Dalit folk performers in North Karnataka.
Conversations in the Blind School Dormitory
Conversations in the Blind School Dormitory narrativizes the conversations, daily interactions and lives in the girls’ dormitory of a school for the blind in Mizoram.
In Exile: The Lives of Queer People in Kashmir
Between Silence and Survival is a reported long-form narrative that traces the lives of transgender and queer individuals in Srinagar and nearby towns.
