What We Do

“What does ‘Mukti’ mean in Project Mukti?”

We all might have experienced at least once in our lives a sense to free  ourselves —  from gender discrimination, body shaming, domestic violence, sexual violence, caste discrimination, caste stigma, caste slurs, caste-based occupations, homophobia, transphobia and the list goes on.

Does MUKTI mean just Freedom?

For us, Mukti is more than just ‘Freedom’. Mukti is the END of discrimination, marginalisation, stigma and violence that the oppressed communities face starting from their birth to the graves. We can only envision a new world for ourselves by putting an end to all of it.

A new world where children from marginalized communities feel free to ask questions, make friends of their choice, pursue any career that they desire and become what they dream of becoming. A new world where girls, women, gender non-binary and transgender persons from marginalized communities represent themselves, write about and speak of and for themselves and their communities, have the liberty to choose a career, make choices of their own and create an identity they have always wanted to own. 

At Project Mukti, we don’t teach but we facilitate learning by providing a safe and nurturing space - a space where one feels heard and feels belonged to. When the community owns the space, learning becomes fun, engaging and exciting. Students associated with us love to go to school and love to engage in conversations that have never been part of their lives. Their parents, many of whom work as domestic help and contractual workers, dream of a better future and are fully invested in their child’s present. Girls and women associated with us feel confident about exploring new career opportunities and dream of different futures for themselves and their families.