“Basanti was her name, the project came because of her and in her memory.”

Anya Fenn

INDIA

Surabhi Yadav

Kandbari, Himachal Pradesh

Chapters

Mehar Gujral

Producer

Mehar Gujral

Facilitator

What does it mean to be a woman? It’s a question that Surabhi Yadav has been exploring through Basanti: Women at Leisure, a photography project where she captures carefree moments of women around her, and Sajhe Sapne, a social enterprise helping young women and in rural India achieve their career dreams. Here from Kandbari, Himachal Pradesh, Surabhi shares with Mehar, how her mother’s passing led her to reflect her mother’s influence on her work.

Kandbari, Himachal Pradesh

Surabhi Yadav

Kandbari, Himachal Pradesh