For Jhalod, where seasonal migration for work is a normal part of the year rather than an event.
A year split between two places
In and around Jhalod, in the tribal east of the state, leaving for several months to work elsewhere - construction, brick kilns, agricultural labour in richer districts - is an ordinary component of the year rather than a crisis.
Families are routinely separated for months at a time, and everyone treats this as normal because it is.
What a divided year does
Planning becomes impossible in the ordinary sense. You cannot commit to anything continuous - a course, a treatment, a business that requires your presence - when four months of your year are somewhere else.
Children grow up with a parent periodically absent. Marriages operate at distance. None of it is remarked upon locally, and all of it accumulates.
What the work addresses
Building something that survives the split rather than assuming continuity nobody has. Practically that means goals structured around the months you are home, and honest conversations about what the absence costs - which are rarely had, because the migration is not optional and discussing its cost feels pointless.
It is not pointless. It is the difference between enduring an arrangement and managing one.
Sessions
Online, in Gujarati or Hindi, and they work equally whether you are here or away.
Frequently asked questions
- I am away for months. Can this still work?
- Yes. Sessions are online, so they follow you rather than the other way round.
- Can sessions be in Hindi?
- Yes, whichever is easier for you.
