Imagine a world where you don’t have a voice to make your opinions heard, you are a labor, albeit an unpaid one, you are considered to be stupid or let’s use a less harsh term, “not smart enough”, you take care of an entire family yet are denied basic dignities of life i.e. a toilet. Sounds […]
social work in India
Untouchability in the Heart of India
*Names are changed to protect identities One month, one entire month, I was told I could spend in Madhya Pradesh. Yes, ‘Hindustan ka Dil dekho’ Madhya Pradesh. Yes, the multiple tourism awards winning state of India. Sadly, also one of the states in India where untouchability is not uncommon. My teammates and I arrived at […]
We remember the day seven years back when were travelling in a Mumbai local trying hard to come up with a name for our blog when struck us; Khushboo was always called a Jack of all Trades. The name stuck (with a slight modification, of course) and Munni was born.
Six years, over 100 collaborations, lakhs of readers and several awards later; our love for blogging continues to grow. We continue to write on an eclectic range of topics from the funniest autorickshaw signs that we have spotted in Mumbai to how to bathe an elephant. We are true blue Munni of all Trades and we hope to continue on this joyride with our fellow Munnis and Munnas.