Foundation
WHO WE ARE
We host days.
A room, materials, music, food, and a few hours where nobody is being corrected. The people who come are young adults and children who spend most of their lives being trained, assessed and managed. Here they are not. They make something, it is theirs, and we treat it as work rather than therapy.
We are based in Gurugram. We have been doing this since 2023 — in studios, in schools, in a village in the Garhwal Himalayas, and once at our own property beside the river in Rishikesh.
We are small on purpose. One day done properly is worth more than a programme nobody can sustain.
WHAT WE ARE FOR
Not to fix anyone. Not to speak for anyone.
To make the kind of day that families tell us is hard to find — unhurried, unembarrassed, and open to the parents and educators as much as the young people themselves. And to make sure the work that comes out of it is seen the way any other work would be: on a wall, in a folio, without explanation or apology.
Everyone who makes something here stays anonymous. The work is credited collectively. Recognition happens in the room, with the family, not in public.
THE RESIDENCY
In February 2023 we hosted eight young adults and five educators from Gurugram for two nights at Nishantam, Rishikesh. Mountains, a river, materials, no schedule anyone had to keep up with.
It is the most useful thing we have done, and the thing we would most like to do again — including with groups from outside India. If you run something similar elsewhere, we would like to hear from you.
THE RECORD
, 2023–2024We paused after April 2024. We had run out of a clear way forward, and preferred to stop rather than repeat ourselves.
D-WAY · ART & DESIGN
A day of art with the children at Khushboo.
30 April 2024 Samvedna Village School, Garhwal Himalayas
Making art with children in a small village school, high in the hills.
9 February 2024 IDP India, Gurugram
An inclusive session with young adults, their parents and IDP staff.
3 November 2023 Nichealt Studio, Gurugram
Music, art and an afternoon with young adults and their parents.
27 August 2023 School, Gurugram
An awareness session on sustainability, diversity and inclusion with students.
19 April 2023 Nishantam, Rishikesh
Eight young adults and five educators, hosted for two nights by the river.
25–26 February 2023GET IN TOUCH
We are interested in hearing from organisations doing similar work, in India and elsewhere — and from educators, artists and families who want to be part of a day.
