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The Third Eye is being written and developed by a team of educators, documentary filmmakers, storytellers; people with extensive experience of gathering narratives, oral histories and developing contextual pedagogies for the rural and the marginalised.

The Act of Doing

February 21, 2025

A day that is ordinary? A day within the everyday? Feminists have theorised the everyday extensively. Everyday is when the doing happens. The work is done. The cooking, the editing of the draft, the googling, the waiting for the eggs to boil, legwork, emails, paying of bills, waiting with the camera as the time lapse happens, finding the letters for that one word in Rathi, having a drink with a Tharu brewer in Chitwan. All of these are the doing. The Act of Doing, the critical step before making.

The Thin Blue Line between Care and Ethics of Care in an Indian Prison

February 4, 2025

Through her recent work on a public interest litigation, Maitreyi’s understanding of mental health in prisons saw a shift. What happens when care turns paternalistic? Can the promise of freedom be used as a tool to negotiate/manipulate? Are our imagined alternatives to this system any better? This interview is an attempt to make sense of some of these questions.

Law and (Brahmanical) Order

January 17, 2025

Imagine you were out for wedding shopping and three days later, you die in police custody because they thought you were a thief. Or that you were arrested on suspicion of murder, simply because you were within a 5 KM radius from the crime scene.

फ se Field, ज se Jail: Sarita Aur Madam – Ep. 4

January 9, 2025

In the last episode of “Sarita aur Madam”, Krupa shares a lasting memory of Sarita as she knocks at Prayas’ door once again, this time with a desire to learn.

At TTE, we are very invested in expanding the notion of the field, and bring to life the lives of various people who make a field humane.

फ se Field, ज se Jail: Sarita Aur Madam – Ep. 3

January 9, 2025

When Sarita knocks on Prayas’ door, it is not always a problem that she brings. Sometimes, she brings a unique solution which makes one look at the problem differently. In the Episode 3 of “Sarita aur Madam”, Krupa recounts an anecdote where Sarita saved the day and refused to bargain while she was at it.

फ se Field, ज se Jail: Sarita Aur Madam – Ep. 2

January 9, 2025

We all remember the lockdown. Some remember it like yesterday and others believe it happened a long time ago. But, what did 2020 look like for sex workers and social workers? In the Episode 2 of “Sarita aur Madam”, Krupa tells us Sarita’s response to the lockdown.

फ se Field, ज se Jail: Sarita Aur Madam – Ep. 1

January 9, 2025

After going to school, our podcast series is going to jail.

At TTE, we are very invested in expanding the notion of the field, and bring to life the lives of various people who make a field humane.

In this case, it’s the social worker who works in prison, and the deep relationships that she forms with those on the other side of the law.

Sp. Feature: Letters from the System

December 16, 2024

My workplace is a prison. My client is the prisoner. Who am I?

There are many kinds of social workers, but the kind that works in prisons is often asked, “Why would anyone work for prisoners?” “Is my son doing okay? Ask him to come meet me next week.” “Madam, there is no vacancy in the shelter home, especially for a mentally disabled woman. Now what to do?”

Meet The Caseworkers: Episode 8, Manju Soni

September 25, 2024

Meet Manju Soni from Banda, Uttar Pradesh. Manju has been working with Vanangana NGO since 2000 and for the past five years has been working as a caseworker in the organisation, focused on gender-based violence cases.

Back Story: Semiotics of Rape I Ep 3

August 29, 2024

In our third episode, we meet Rupal Oza, a geographer who works with gender and space. In her new book, Semiotics of Rape, published by Zubaan, she talks about the making of the book, the politics of rape, the role of land and caste in cases of rape, and discusses some critical cases that emerged from Haryana in the last decade.

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