Digital literacy
Confidence using creative and digital tools.
Deeksha Foundation, Patna · workshop archive
Khidki Extension presents
The world looks different when you tell your own story.
A camera can do more than capture a moment. It can open a window to a different future.
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A different way of seeing
A little curiosity.
A world of colour.
When more people have the tools to tell their stories, we see a richer world. Move over the painting—or tap it—to bring another perspective to life.
Tap the painting. Find a little colour.
Explore with your mouse, or tap to reveal colour. Scrolling stays free.
Original AI-generated, Mithila-inspired artwork for Khidki. Workshop photographs elsewhere on this site are from the project archive.
About the project
A window begins with a story.
Every community has stories worth telling. Sometimes, all that is missing is the opportunity to tell them. Khidki brings photography, filmmaking and digital storytelling to people with limited access to creative tools and training.
We learn by doing, create by exploring, and build the confidence to tell our own stories—in our own words, through our own lens.
Our story →01
Hands-on learning
Every workshop is built around doing — picking up a camera, making pictures, reviewing together and asking questions.
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Community-centred
We work with schools, universities, NGOs and community groups, adapting each programme to the participants' context and goals.
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Livelihood pathways
Beyond the workshop, we help participants understand how media skills can translate into freelance opportunities, documentation work and creative careers.
Deeksha Foundation, Patna · workshop archiveA different way of seeing
Not just in front
of the camera.
Behind it, too.
A shift in perspective changes who gets to tell the story, what gets seen, and whose voice reaches the world.
Khidki’s aim is simple: give communities the tools to document their own experiences, instead of waiting for someone else to speak for them.
Khidki / Our journey so far
Behind the frame.
A growing community.
Every number represents people, practice and possibilities. A look at the reach of our workshops so far.
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12+
Workshops conducted
Spaces to learn, experiment and create.
Deeksha Foundation, Patna · workshop archive
The camera cycles through our story, one figure at a time.
Workshop reach shared by the Khidki team. Ages 14–40 describe the target group; long-term outcomes are explored separately below.
The proposed six-month learning cycle
A workshop introduces a skill.
Practice builds it.
Monthly learning, practical projects and guidance. Choose a stage to explore how curiosity can grow into creative capability.
01 / Discover
Find the story.
Find stories, interests and ideas in the world around you.
These are learning stages, not a fixed monthly timetable. The curriculum is adapted with each community; continued access after the cycle depends on resources and partnerships.
Previous work
Learning through making.
People, cameras and new ways of seeing. A selection of the workshops and collaborations that inform Khidki.
THE WORKSHOP CONTACT SHEET Swipe to explore →
Explore all workshops ↗Workshop moments / The everyday reel
Small moments.
New possibilities.
Every frame holds a first attempt, a new idea, a moment shared. Follow the reel—or open a frame and look a little closer.
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Participants’ experience / A collection of voices
In their own words.
Faces, voices and moments from the workshop archive. Hear the experiences behind the photographs.
FACES BEHIND THE STORIES Swipe · Tap to listen →
There’s more to hear. Explore all 11 films.
Participants’ Experience ↗What makes Khidki different
We want people
to keep creating.
Practice & mentorship
Time to learn, experiment and receive guidance.
Creative opportunities
Space to build portfolios and explore creative work.
Community ownership
Tools and confidence to tell your own stories.
The change we want to make possible
What we’re
working towards.
Beyond a first workshop: confidence with creative tools, the freedom to tell your own story, and possibilities to keep growing.
OUR INTENDED OUTCOMES
Creative skills
Practical photography, filmmaking and editing abilities.
Self-representation
More opportunities for communities to tell their own stories.
Livelihood pathways
Pathways to freelance and creative opportunities.
Help open another window
A place for you
in the story.
Support a possibility.
Fund a learning journey.
Bring it to your community.
THREE WAYS TO TAKE PART
01 / OPEN A KHIDKI
For individual supporters
Support the project.
Help sustain learning through equipment, resources or creative mentorship.
Explore ways to support02 / OPEN A KHIDKI
For foundations & CSR teams
Fund a learning cycle.
Discuss a defined programme, its funding needs and an approach to evaluating progress.
Explore funding partnerships03 / OPEN A KHIDKI
For NGOs, schools & institutions
Bring Khidki to your community.
Shape a practical media and storytelling workshop around your participants.
Explore our workshopsEvery partnership begins with a conversation. Let’s find the right way to work together.
Let’s open a Khidki
Every story deserves
a window.
MORE VOICES. MORE POSSIBILITIES.
The world is waiting
for your story.
Let’s give more communities the tools to tell their own stories.
