By Vaibhav Dhotre, Samavesh Fellow I belong to the Vadar community—one of Maharashtra’s Nomadic and Denotified Tribes (VJ NT). Traditionally stone quarry workers and earth diggers, the Vadars have been historically pushed to the margins—geographically, economically, and socially. Our community has long faced stigma, displacement, and systemic neglect, with limited access to education, stable livelihoods,

By Sandeep Kamble, Samavesh Fellow Introduction Every year, thousands of government scholarships meant for marginalized students remain unclaimed—not because of disinterest or ineligibility, but due to a systemic gap in documentation and awareness. As a first-generation learner from a rural part of Parbhani district in Maharashtra, I experienced this firsthand. My own education was nearly

By Pratik Ingale As someone who is visually impaired, I’ve spent much of my life navigating a world that often wasn’t built for me—be it classrooms without screen readers, buses without announcements, or systems that ask you to “attach photocopies” when you cannot even see the form. I grew up in Pune district, and though