Griptape
India Mag

What our learners are building, what we are learning, and everything in between.

Telling my story

Telling my story

My account of what ten weeks of talking to strangers and writing their stories taught me about rejection, confidence, and myself!

by Raunak Parveen
Why Agency? Why Now?

Why Agency? Why Now?

We bet on young people. They did not let us down. Our hypothesis was simple: if we create an environment where young adults get to pursue something that matters to them and partner them with one adult who genuinely believes in them, something shifts, not just in the project they build, but in how they see themselves.

Building a game from nothing

Building a game from nothing

My account of Cohort 3: chasing a laptop for five weeks, learning to code from AI when tutorials didn't stick, and almost finishing the game I set out to build!

by Shubhankar
Figure in orange sweater seen from behind, sitting facing a blurred horizon.

Who is a champion?

Permission asks if something is allowed. Approval asks if it was good. A champion can hand back permission in week one, but approval is the harder, slipperier thing to let go of. An essay on what it means to make yourself dispensable to someone you're meant to be helping.

by Shriya Karanam