Fellow Stories

Read the stories of the fellows, by the fellows!

In which Levin Stamm talks about his volunteer experience in a government school in Pune

Hundreds of children in uniform stand on a gravel field in front of a dreary concrete block and sing the Indian national anthem. They are pupils of a public school in the midst of the 7 million metropolia of Pune, three hours’ drive from…

In which Sakshi Sohoni is enabling her class visualise Women Empowerment

TFI

Gender inequality is perhaps the oldest problem faced by humankind. The majority of my students come from an environment where women hold a secondary position and lack autonomy. There are hardly any women who have shattered the glass ceiling…

In which Ananya Mazumder talks about The Teach for India Fellowship as "A year of self discovery"

TFI

My name is Ananya Mazumder, and I taught a class of rambunctious tenth standard kids in a low-income private school in Pune for the first year of my Teach for India fellowship. I joined the fellowship for a multitude of reasons- one of which…

In which Trupz explores the IDEEP of the Teach for India fellowship

Personal, TFI

As RC teachers, we learned the IDEEP practice for teaching kids how to get started with writing. By far this was the toughest ask of being a language teacher. It took a while to get used to the English my kids knew and for me to figure out what…

In which Arunima shares a journey of performance over victory, progress over excellence and perseverance over comfort

TFI

“If you get, give.If you learn, teach.If you have power, empower.” -Maya Angelou This quote often reminds me of how far I have come in this journey. I entered my class with this thought in mind and made conscious efforts to build…

Fellow Stories

In which Levin Stamm talks about his volunteer experience in a government school in Pune

In which Sakshi Sohoni is enabling her class visualise Women Empowerment

In which Ananya Mazumder talks about The Teach for India Fellowship as "A year of self discovery"

In which Trupz explores the IDEEP of the Teach for India fellowship

In which Arunima shares a journey of performance over victory, progress over excellence and perseverance over comfort

About the Blawghhers

Follow me on Twitter

Trupz on Instagram