I started volunteering with ngos when I was in college, at the same time also reading various socio political and philosophical literature. Both of them combined, plus my background of coming belonging to small towns of Badaun-Bareilly, kept myself grounded in issues than be swayed by politics of them. That's tough in college, especially when you have background being concerned about society and looking to do your bit. But it was good time to explore, from various debates for social changes, to political ideologies and their working styles, also to transition from self claimed atheist to agnostic open to listen to all trying to proselyte but still not giving in. This all is important, as it plays role in shaping onces views and together with friends and company one keeps.
Anyways, while volunteering in Delhi, I felt there was so much which can be done in India with similar efforts. Also, it was felt the same amount of money spent in rural space would create much better change than in urban spaces. However, it took few years and a jaw break for all this internal discussion to materialise in enough enthusiasm to start forming informal groups/organisation for the objectives and finally quitting first job. One after another, none of the social experiments, could had a long run. Most of them short lived from few months to few years.
Finally, iCFDR was registered in 2013 to focus on rural urban divide and humanitarian work, from initially years of working at grassroots, it has evobled to focus more on urban slums. And with time we are also traditioning in research and policy suggestions.
It was supposed to a long blog, but I can't be up anymore. Will talk about iCFDR transition soon.
Thanks so much.
Goodnight
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