Dulari Devi Foundation

Our place is tucked away in Mahabir Colony Vinayk, over in Varanasi. If you know the area near 0B-21/117-18, you know it can get pretty crowded, especially when the market is in full swing. We’ve got this small office space where we spend most of our time. It’s got that old Varanasi feel to it, where everything is close together and you always hear the sounds of the street outside. We don’t really do big speeches or fancy events. Mostly, we just sit here and work through whatever comes our way. There’s a tea stall just down the road where we get our morning chai, and that’s usually where most of the local news gets shared anyway. The office stays a bit cool in the winter, but in the summer, we’re all huddled under the fans. We’ve got folders stacked up and a computer that takes its time waking up in the morning. People from the colony drop in sometimes just to check on things or to see if we can help with something small. It’s a simple setup. We aren’t trying to change the whole world, just focusing on what’s right in front of us here in the colony. It’s a lot of mundane stuff, like filling out forms and talking to neighbors, but it’s what we do.