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On the first day of Navratri, we attended the inauguration of STAGE ‘s new office in NOIDA. It is our first corporate interior project to be completed!

On the last day of Navratri, we attended the inauguration of Tandoori Taal, a Punjabi restaurant in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar 12th Main Road. It is our first hospitality space to be completed!

It has been an eventful festive season! Wishing you all a very happy Dussehra and Vijayadashami!

Post 4/8: A Space for the Community

Arjun’s quest to crystallise his vision led to the requirement of a low cost and sustainable community space. We imagined a refreshingly novel space that would be traditionally rooted; which the children would find simultaneously familiar, exciting & inspiring.

Uday and I were introduced to Arjun through common friends, Vimal Kumar and Neeladri Bora; social changemakers who had followed our other social impact projects. Our connection with Arjun was instant. As he held our ears to the ground, we began forming a picture of the community’s challenges, their needs and their aspirations.

First, we helped Arjun repurpose a run-down staff quarter. We analysed the condition of the structure and proposed renovations. It was heartwarming to see this space filled with laughter and energy after years in disrepair. School had begun.

Second, we began work on the community’s social rallying point. It was decided to engage the community in building a bamboo structure that paid homage to the local building traditions. This then was to become the face of the movement. More on this in the next post!

We invite you to join us in this movement for grassroots social impact any way you can!

1. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to Karunar Kheti Trust on this link (Indian nationals only): https://bit.ly/3a8nNII
2.Consider donating your skill, time or expertise by reaching out to Arjun Trivedi, Uday Goswami or Jayesh Ganesh. You can make a real impact!
3.Consider sharing this post and its contents on your personal and social networks and help us magnify the impact!

Selenghat Valley School’s unique architecture and social impact strategy has been recognized internationally by Architecture-in-Development’s Global Challenge! We are one of the 25 shortlisted entries in this challenge. Read more about the project and the key contributors by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/3Agdsop

Post 3/8: Arjun's Vision for Grassroots Transformation

For Arjun Trivedi, who grew up in the tea-plantations of Assam, the connection between the socio-economic crisis of the industry and the disempowerment of its labour population felt clear to see. However, as an adult, as he began to understand why it is so profoundly difficult to act with the related clarity, he simultaneously felt the emergence of a growing conviction that he should at least try.

To most, his decision to return from the USA to begin this attempt after working in some of the world's leading scientific institutions felt like an abrupt change, but for him it has been a part of a continuous journey where even science has been invaluable in merging his experiences in tea-plantations into the unified flow of his conviction. (Arjun has a PhD in Nuclear Physics and has worked at the cutting edge of research in nuclear and particle physics in some its leading institutions: at CERN, Switzerland where he was part of a team that made possible the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2013 and Jefferson Lab, USA where his research is contributing to the knowledge of the subnuclear world.)

This conviction informs him to not hesitate but act with its simple clarity because only an empowered collective agency of the people will reveal the many paths to a unifying peace and prosperity that can barely be seen in the current state of crisis and conflict. In building Karunar Kheti Trust and Selenghat Valley School -- curriculum and classrooms to systems of administration and management -- the people have begun to build the foundations of such a collective intention.

In recognition of this effort, Arjun was recently awarded the Wipro Education Fellowship.

We invite you to join us in this movement for grassroots social impact any way you can!

1. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to Karunar Kheti Trust on this link (Indian nationals only): https://karunarkhetitrust.myinstamojo.com/product/1051463/donate-to-karunar-kheti-trust
2.Consider donating your skill, time or expertise by reaching out to Arjun Trivedi, Uday Uday Ranjan Goswami or Jayesh Ganesh. You can make a real impact!
3.Consider sharing this post and its contents on your personal and social networks and help us magnify the impact!

A project many years, the making, Selenghat Valley School’s unique architecture and social impact strategy has been recognized on an international level by Architecture-in-Development’s Global Challenge! We are now one of the 25 shortlisted entries in this challenge and you can read more about the project and the key contributors by clicking this link: https://architectureindevelopment.org/project/1246