Founder of Janwaar Castle and The Rural Changemakers. Digital nomand. Freesoul.
I am currently running a fundraiser on Ketto. Please support me! Here is why: I gave my “debut” so to speak with my first rap “I’m THAT girl!”. I want to be a rapper because I feel I can tell the truth through rap. I tried it and now I want to take it forward! […]
Hi all, I want to give you an update on what I am up to these days …. I’m preparing for my 10 grade exams – they are very close. I have coaching classes in Panna for science, social science and Hindustaan music. My Hindi classes are online with a teacher in Delhi and painting […]
Rijul Kataria, Yuva Ekta Foundation, Delhi, talked to me about my life, my dreams, my journey and entry into the world of music. Rijul has written the rhymes for her first rap “I’m THAT Girl!” The mp3 files below are the Hindi version of the interview. Hello Asha!Hi bhaiya (Brother). How are you?I am good, […]
My dream is to become a rapper. I want to roar. With my first rap song I applied for a scholarship. The story begins when I was a childBorn in Janwaar, into the wild,As a girl, Adivasi, there was always a lineAnd If I stepped over, there would be a fine. But my eyes saw […]
At the end of this year I’ve put together my learning journey. I was asked by Ulrike to think and reflect about my main learning in 2020. Here is what i found. (Ulrike polished my English and helped me a lot to make this presentation).
We were thinking how to create work for our villagers in the village itself to earn a little money. So that they don’t have to go out and find work. Anil remembered Asharam, he knew that Asharam is playing the flute well. We thought: Why can’t Asharam teach the children to play the flute? We […]
The Divisional President of National Sports Uplift Council, Mr. Yusuf Baig, held a ceremony to honour the athletes of Panna district in late August. It was on the occasion of Major Dhyan Chandra Ji’s birthday and the National Youth Day. Asha was invited. I went there with Kalpana, Anil and my mother. I was planning […]
On 5th of November 2019 I spoke at the CHANGING THE GAME conference in Delhi. The subject was “Sports for Gender Equity and Ending Child Marriage”. It was my very first talk in public, and it was the first bigger talk I gave in English. I was quite a bit nervous – but I made […]
At the Skateboarding World Championships in CHina last year I was interviewed by World Skate Organisation – this was pretty cool. I enjoyed it a lot and they made a nice short documentation 🙂
From the fields of rural India to the shining city of Nanjing in China – no, not on a skateboard – but with a skateboard under my arm. Arun, and I have come a long way. It’s only three and a half years since Janwaar Castle opened, the first skatepark in the heart of rural India, […]