Anahad
We are a group of enthusiastic individuals, wishing to evolve, reflect and co-create a harmonious world together. We as a group (residents as well as non-residents) are putting our energies for connecting and collaborating with our own self, others, and nature in every possible way. Inside the campus we are actively involved in farming, making eco home products, learning with kids and diff
erent kind of reflective activities. Visiting Anahad campus
We facilitate and provide space for conducting different kinds of consciousness and awareness building workshops. Set amidst nature our farm provides a scenic space for holistic endeavors, meetings, and gatherings. Visiting and staying at Anahad is a wonderful way to experience nature and silence. Visitors can also participate in ongoing activities in the campus. The real way to experience life in a farm is by DOING and OBSERVING. Doing things that you enjoy or things which you have never done before, or just following and doing things which someone else is doing. Observing language of trees, different colors of sky, nighttime silence, birds chirp, cool breeze and many more marvels of nature will require certain inquisitiveness, attention, and playfulness. MEET TEAM ANAHAD
Abid: He worked with Microsoft for 20 years. Along with his deep passion for technology, he has a strong conviction that positive change in the world can happen if we work towards making cyclic, harmonious ecosystems. His conviction, intention and work are founding pillars of Anahad. He loves working ‘hands on’ in all areas of farming, specially avartansheel farming and permaculture. His attention to detail and grounded personality is inspirational for many of us. Abizer: He is a 7-year-old talkative boy. He day-dreams of becoming a part-time astronaut or making cars which can clean plastic from the roads and make fuel out of it. His imagination also extends to the same car distributing chocolate on the road every Sunday. He is farm-schooled and enjoys reading, playing, and roaming around. Alefiya: She is a 12-year-old sensitive and caring girl. She is always present for any kind of help anyone requires. Her love for pets is teaching her different lessons of life. These days she can be seen with her bunnies or chit chatting with her cousin. She cooks and bakes quite well and aspires to be a very good baker one day. Debanjan: He is our strongest stress buster. Always adorned with a smile, he can make any type of situation easy to handle. He is a very good theater artist and has been working in the field of catering for the last 25 years. He enjoys feeding and loves to eat and sing (hidden talent though 😊). At the farm, one can see him wherever any kind of help is required. He is our magic genie too. Eesh*ta: She is a 15 years old passionate girl. She is a very good dancer and loves playing football. Playing football is her lifeline. She can be seen in the campus practicing football skills on the ground. She makes beautiful pencil sketches. She is very particular about her timetable and inspires everyone to be mindful about their routines. Farhat: She is a 15-year-old charming and caring girl. She can engage and gel very well with people of any age or background. She is a passionate reader. She has an ability to foresee things and extend her helping hand if required. Nowadays, she is pursuing 11th grade at Sahyadri School, Pune. Fatima: She worked at Infosys for 8 years. She then started working as a teacher at Sloka, a Waldorf school. She is a trained Waldorf teacher and is passionate about teaching. At the farm she can be seen with children or keeping a close eye on day-to-day endeavors. Her keen observation helps all of us to navigate smoothly in different areas. She is also our legal, official facilitator😊. Fatema: She has a degree in biotechnology and has a research-based mindset. She loves to be with children and is passionate about working with soil. She is engaged in making different products at the farm. These days she is actively involved in facilitating workshops and farm stays. Krishna: He is a foundation pillar of Anahad farming team. He is on the ground since we have started planning for the community. He is a soft spoken, honest and hardworking person. Along with his usual work he becomes our support for getting things from outside and our Telugu-hindi/English translator. Manoj: He helps us with all kinds of work be it related to household chores, keeping areas s***k and span or farming. He speaks slowly but has an infectious smile. Maria: She is a 11-year-old happy go lucky girl. She will just nod to anything you say but her clear eyes show that she has her own opinion and notion about what life is and how to live it. She enjoys watching stars and has a very good hand on her own telescope. She is a budding dancer too. Mehlam: He is our young and enthusiastic architect. He is a grounded soul with dreamy eyes. He works silently and can walk an extra mile to work with anyone for anything. He is a very good sketcher and has an artistic bent of mind. All the children on the farm or children from anywhere just demand his attention and presence. Pandit G: Animal lover by heart. He takes care of cows on our farm. One can easily spot him playing with a puppy or running behind the cows. He is a brilliant store manager. On the farm, whenever we are unable to find any of the stuff we just call upon him. Satish: He is a person with a warm smile and caring eyes. He also helps us in the farm as well as household chores. He is always ready for all kinds of help. He is very friendly and spontaneous. His team building abilities are quite impressive. Shabbar: He worked with Microsoft for 17 years. His resourcefulness is cherished by all of us. He is an enthusiastic person with shiny eyes. He aspires and is working towards establishing an eco-construction enterprise where work can happen without monitoring and is not governed by carrot and stick. He is a passionate co-worker, mentor, and a caring, loving person. Soma: Soma has a research background. She worked as an asst. professor in IIIT for more than 15 years. She has a doctoral degree in computational linguistics and trains students in the same. She is passionate about the ‘Grow your own food’ initiative at the farm. She is also a hearty educator with an experience in mentoring children of different age groups. She believes that all the children should be nurtured in a loving, caring, and natural environment. She is a very talented singer (but wants to keep it with herself 😉)
Vaibhav: Vaibhav has been in the field of education from last 12 years. He is trained at Mirambika Research center in Integral education and Human Values. He has a very passionate, thoughtful, and curious nature. He also has keen observation skills. He is a profound yoga teacher, mentor, and playmate for all the children. Though a physicist by education, his interest lies in learning along with parents and children on life skills through science. Currently enjoys learning kathak and flute.
