Kristy Saikia

Jul 25, 2024 | medium.com | Kristy Saikia

I know I'm late, but I just watched "The Truman Show" and was pleasantly surprised. Least to say, I loved it! I enjoy movies/films that delve into the psyche of the characters. I remember watching a series many years ago called "The Wilds", which was based on a social experiment, and I highly recommend it. But on "The Truman Show", it was only he who wasn't aware of being part of this exuberant lie, and others were. There are so many beautiful aspects in this movie that touched my heart.

Jan 30, 2024 | medium.com | Kristy Saikia

While reading Mohsin Hamid’s Moth Smoke, I started to think about how we take so many things for granted in life. Especially, in the chapter, where Darashikoh Shezad was narrating his mother’s shocking and untimely death, and the reasons, and undercurrents that led up to that incident, it forced me to reflect on my life and the decisions I could make because I am privileged. Let me ask you a question, is an air conditioner a luxury?

May 4, 2023 | villagesquare.in | Sameera Kasulanati |Kristy Saikia |Pallavi Srivastava

Prameelaben’s father passed away without making a will. After his death, she returned to her maternal home to take care of her mother and the family land. She started cultivating maize, cotton and some vegetables in the eight acres of land that the family had. One day Prameelaben’s two uncles arrived in tractors and destroyed the crops. They claimed ownership of the land declaring that they were the legal inheritors of the land after their brother’s death. What was their basis of ownership claim?

May 3, 2023 | villagesquare.in | Gurvinder Singh |Kristy Saikia

Climate change is having a global impact, from triggering unseasonal rains and storms to causing prolonged dry spells and droughts. It has not spared even the famous Udupi sarees that are woven in Karnataka and are acclaimed worldwide. This summer, in March to be more precise, weavers watched in horror as the starch they use in their looms dried too quickly, not allowing them to separate the strands of thread that are finally strung together to make the sarees.

Mar 28, 2023 | villagesquare.in | Kristy Saikia

The marginalised families of Bedada village in Narmada district of Gujarat have to face many problems, the biggest one perhaps being lack of sufficient resources to purchase rations. Malnutrition is a huge problem in this region, especially in Bedada. There are many families unable to consume three meals a day. They survive on just roti and water, that too probably eaten once a day. This lack of nutritious diet is affecting their health adversely.