Story from a remote village in Churu
With various shuffles in my head, the underlying questions these days in my heart are of emotions. How can any emotion whether sadness, happiness, anger etc. is found in self and outside world? How and when does one feel it ? For how long ? Whether there are varied intensities to these?
Today, I went to a community with many objectives. And the belief to keep breaking the barriers between me and the society.
Comparison between past and present :
I was 1km away from the main Panchayat village in a village dominated by Rajputs. A little far away from residents about 20 women were visible. I asked the young girl with me about them, and she said, “These are women from SC/ST who work under NREGA.” I stopped myself from asking anything further.
My mind with that very statement travelled back to the first time in school I read about NREGA then to the struggles of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan for the rights of these workers I learnt in college. Finally, I stopped at caste.
After some time, while I was working with children inside we heard loud laughter of women of both the communities rejoicing together.
And here is the picture of these small activities breaking barriers and illuminating light in the heart for hope.
