Pop-up library at Ummeed “Books are a doorway into imaginary worlds which help keep boredom away.” said a young neurodivergent person who frequents the pop-up library at Ummeed. This space was created with the hope to create an environment that deconstructs the ideas of a typical library and provides a space for young people to…
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Jugaads, the ‘little’ doings
A quaint and a colourful little book at a first glance, Jugaad is a storehouse of decolonized and unabashed knowledge about mental health by 14-young people between ages 14 – 19 years. It is a book carefully and collectively crafted by the young people that is rooted in their lived-experiences, and seeks to be…
Let’s Talk Narrative… with Jehanzeb Baldiwala
Narrative Therapy India is resuming the interview series, as a way to bear witness to and archive the unfolding of Narrative Ideas and Practices in India. Our guest this week is Jehanzeb Baldiwala, a therapist, supervisor, trainer and part of Ummeed Child Development Center’s management team since 2004. She has aligned herself with narrative…
One year since A Room Full of Stories
It’s been a year ever since A Room Full of Stories – The First International Narrative Therapy Conference has come alive and seen a community of Narrative practitioners from diverse cultures, contexts of work and countries, joined together by the commitment of respectful ways of working with people. Looking back today, it was an enriching…
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