This Sunday, Anubhuti’s all-women team led a powerful on-site learning experience—bringing together nearly 250 girls and young women from over 20 Nomadic, Denotified, Adivasi, rural, and tent-based settlements across Thane District.
The destination was the historic Naneghat Pass, an ancient trade route carved through the Sahyadri hills, once used for toll collection under the visionary leadership of Queen Naganika of the Satavahana dynasty. The group explored the site’s ancient inscriptions, the monumental stone vessel used for toll collection, the pathways cut through the mountains, and the nearby Jivdhan Fort, all set amidst breathtaking landscapes.
For these young participants—many of whom are the first in their families to receive formal education—the visit was far more than a historical tour. It was an awakening of feminist and anti-caste consciousness, as they discovered that a woman leader from India’s past once governed these very lands with administrative brilliance and social vision.
The Naneghat visit was part of Anubhuti’s ongoing commitment to experiential and justice-based learning—where education extends beyond classrooms to nurture reflection, identity, and collective pride. Through such engagements, youth reconnect with histories of women’s leadership, environmental stewardship, and social justice, reclaiming spaces of heritage as sites of belonging and empowerment.
As these girls and young women stood amidst the inscriptions of a powerful queen, they also inscribed a new story of their own—one of resilience, learning, and rightful place in the continuum of India’s living history.
