“You don’t plan India, India plans you” Nicole Jaquis talks about some of her biggest lessons after several years navigating the most amazingly well orchestrated chaos that is India.
This…
12 years of Juna Akhara media-seva: 2004-2016
Ascetics with Cameras provided multimedia services, tools and training to Shiva's Army – the sadhus & sadhvis of Juna Akhara from 2004 -…
A lot has happened in 12 years since we first embarked on the making of Take Me to the River. After each Kumbh Mela I’ve attended since, I’ve somehow managed…
Nicole Jaquis was a resident teacher and development coordinator at Space for Nurturing Creativity, in the Kedarnath Valley of the Garhwal Himalayas, between 2011-2013. She still assists remotely and occasionally…
I spent nearly six months as a curriculum and outreach developer at Ashram Paryavaran Vidyalaya (Ashram Environmental School),
a model school and teacher training center that provides holistic, mindful…
[first written as part of my application to volunteer at Ashram Paryavaran Vidyalaya]
What is your conception of a quality school and educational program?
The model you have set forth for your…
Take Me to the River on location in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, India
A documentary about the largest gathering in the history of the world, the Maha Kumbh Mela. Occurring…