Our culture, our identity! Our identity, our right!
Welcome to Ek Potlee Ret Ki
We are a cultural rights and public action collective committed to truth-telling, justice, and memory.
We work alongside communities across the Indian subcontinent to protect disappearing knowledge systems, hold space for stories silenced by power, and reimagine the future through art, activism, and care.
Thank you for walking with us.
Vision
To advance cultural justice and uphold the right to diversity as a cornerstone of democratic life.
Purpose
Committed to recognising cultural expression, memory, and practice as fundamental human rights. Through research, advocacy, and creative grassroots interventions, we work to protect pluralism, nurture cross-regional solidarity, and build transformative justice frameworks rooted in community.
Values
Restorative Justice – Healing, accountability, and dignity in all relationships.
Intersectional Solidarity – Bridging struggles across caste, gender, religion, region, and more.
Living Traditions – Nurturing the continuity and transformation of cultural memory and practice.
Inclusion – Actively centering those pushed to the margins.
Agency – Upholding each person’s right to self-expression, decision-making, and power.