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Kanavu turned 6!

Read our co-founder’s reflections from the six years of working with schools and communities of rural Cuddalore. We have just finished our 6th academic year at our schools (4 of them catering to 1000 students) in rural Cuddalore.When I started my work here, after 7 years at Teach For India (as a fellow & staff), […]
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Happy 2022

“The pandemic is over? Or maybe not? Is it true that the third wave will impact children the most? Will there be a lockdown again? I hear that vaccines lead to infertility so I am nervous to get vaccinated! Is today a rain holiday? When is school re-opening?“ Hello! And welcome to 2022 at Kanavu […]
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Stories of India

Independence Day is a great day for stories- a day when I have heard  lot of stories, right from my childhood. Sometimes it is the story of a great leader, of courage and sacrifice. Sometimes it is the story of India herself, sometimes of the constitution, sometimes it is about an unsung hero and sometimes […]
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Sura’s 2020 : from bags to masks

We carried a huge bag of dreams, stepped into 2020 as a year Sura will stabilize, streamline sales channels and reach more customers internationally. The first 2 months put us on a path to progress and the pandemic made the bag of dreams too heavy to carry – we couldn’t walk anymore with that bag […]
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One shot. One opportunity.

“If I see you laughing one more time while running, you will get a big slap on your face!” This was the captain of a team shouting at her teammate mid-play, who was chasing an opponent. It didn’t seem to affect that catcher a lot but surely did convey to me what was at stake […]
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The Most Stressful Job

What if I asked you to guess the profession that faces the highest level of stress? You may have guessed a soldier, a doctor, a policeman or an investment banker and I have done this short experiment with a lot of people and no has guessed the right answer. The profession that faces more stress […]
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Of colours and choices.

70-75 different products are neatly packed into shopper bags. They travel from their village to Kannarapettai campus, in the overcrowded ‘share-auto’ – we have a few visitors. The big mat is laid out and all the products are neatly arranged, price tags stuck.I walk in and am pleasantly surprised to see the space set up […]
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T.E.A.M.

The day begins with the alarm , singing away early morning. Kitchen comes alive, followed by the laptop. Emails checked and some replies fly out from the kitchen counter, while waiting for the vegetables to cook.“Which one of you is teaching the extra class slot today? Do you need your breakfast before or after?”“Me! I’ll […]
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Respect – The magic ingredient

At the end of a training day, we are all walking back to the closing circle.“Ma’am.. Just like how we get training, do the volunteers who come also get training?”“We don’t do a training – but yes, we meet them and run them through the day, help them prepare.”“Not the teaching part – I see […]
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