Hi, I’m Sumitra Parhi AKA Mitra! I’m a full-time freelance artist, author and researcher.

For last 10 years I am doing research in the field of alternative education, child psychology, literature as well as traditional art and craft. As a result I write articles, make YouTube videos, do counselings, documents craft traditions. At the same time I give some time to make my own artwork and hand painted thing, so that I can afford to continue doing all these works while being able to live a simple life.

These are the things what I love to do and what I feel most passionate about. This is my little effort to do something good for my country and my people. I want to keep doing these every day of my life.

In different occasion I was getting a lot of messages/comments from people who wanted to support my work and help me do this full time. So here I am. Every amount of your contribution will be put to expand and to do better in all my work.

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How does this Patron thing works? Pick a Patron level above. You will be billed at checkout and on that same date each month. As long as you’re an active patron, you will receive your exclusive rewards via email each month.

Do I have to pay in Rupees only? NO - Pay in any currency! Since we're based in the India, everything is written in Rs., but other currencies will be converted automatically.

Can I stop financially supporting in the future if I can't afford it? Yes of course! If you can't afford to support in the future OR you need to give less, that's absolutely fine. You can just log in to cancel or let us know if you want to switch Patron levels.