For Tharad, where the border is near and much of life faces away from the rest of Gujarat.
Facing the wrong way
Tharad sits in north Banaskantha, close to Rajasthan, growing castor and mustard and keeping livestock. Practically, Rajasthan is nearer than most of Gujarat: trade, marriage and movement often run across the border rather than down towards Ahmedabad.
Peripheral to your own state
That produces a genuine sense of being at the edge of things. State-level developments feel distant. Opportunities concentrate in a corridor several hours away. The cultural pull is partly towards a state you do not live in.
Clients describe a doubled outsiderness - not fully participating in Gujarat's economy, not part of Rajasthan's either.
What the work addresses
Deciding where you are actually oriented, and committing. A number of people here are half-planning towards two different centres and consequently building towards neither.
Border position is also an advantage nobody here counts: two markets, two networks, two sets of prices. That reads as a disadvantage only because peripheral has been accepted as the frame.
Sessions
Online, in Gujarati or Hindi, whichever you think in.
Frequently asked questions
- Can sessions be in Hindi?
- Yes, and in this district that is often the more comfortable choice.
- Do you work with livestock and dairy families?
- Yes. The rhythm of that work shapes the scheduling.
