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Accepted: 29 April 2025

First Online: 16 June 2025

Declarations

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: The authors have no competing interests, financial, or otherwise, to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.

: The research was not conducted through a university, and therefore, no University Research Ethics Board Approvals were sought and are not applicable. However, as the Koodam (Since 1999, and being offered as a course in TISS since 2016) & Manthan laboratories (May 2023) included human participants. All necessary precautions were ensured by the authors. Institutional protocols were followed, wherever applicable. Harm reduction measures have been ensured. Wherever participants were mentioned, their identities have been masked and initialised to ensure anonymity.

: As the manuscript is autoethnographic in nature, the first two authors have consented to participate in the dialogue presented in this manuscript. Participant’s right to withdrawal was explained. For Koodam & Manthan engagements, informed consent was obtained from the participants and are available upon request.