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Elita Almeida
I remember sitting on what was then my first train journey on the Fellowship – the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani on the 4th of January 2015. Winter in Mumbai was at one extreme in comparison to the one that awaited me in Delhi. Anything below 20 degrees Celsius was unnatural for an inhabitant…
Work and Travel, Learn and Touch Lives: A Month in the Life of a Himsagar Fellow
Yes, I’ve spent the last four months traveling to Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Odisha meeting over a hundred NGOs working across a myriad of issues. And yes, I’ve been doing all of it on my own. Quick rewind: I chanced upon the Himsagar Fellowship some months ago when I…
Investing Their Lives to Change One Life at a Time: Lessons on Leadership from Bihar
A couple of months ago, some friends and I were debating what distinguishes a “manager” from a “leader”. Were the two could be synonymous? If yes, then under what circumstances? Needless to say, we never arrived at a conclusion. Cut the chase to January 2015 when I was in Bihar…
Google Search: “Travel jobs”…. How Elita Almeida Found a Cure to Her Restless Feet Syndrome
“Tum ho kahaan ki?” (“Where are you from?”), he asked. I was puzzled. Should I say Patna or Delhi or Mumbai? I was in Muzaffarpur in Bihar speaking with three NGOs on a late January afternoon. Beside us, a team from the NGO were sifting through reams of paper. I…