Field Notes
Field Notes: A Week in Barmer with the Scholarship Awardees
05 Jun 2025 · By Nitu Bhati · 5 min read
We arrived at 6am on a Tuesday to find the students already in the library. They had been there since 4:30.
A language does not die when the last speaker does. It dies when no one writes to carry it forward.
Archive image from the Chalkoi heritage field notes.
Nitu Bhati
Research & Education
Researcher and contributor to Chalkoi's language, education, and community memory work.