Vandita Morarka, Founder and CEO of One Future Collective in India, is building a world where transformation is born not just from shared beliefs but from relationships rooted in dialogue, care, and the courage to sit with difference.

Through her work, she cultivates what she calls oppositional friendships: relationships and communities willing to stretch beyond sameness and stay with discomfort: not as something to overcome, but as something to hold with care and curiosity.

Through the #MyPieceForChange campaign, we invite people to share their unique contributions to collective transformation. This series exists to honor their stories, amplify their voices, and connect them with a wider community of like-minded peers. Today, we’re honored to introduce our Changeworker of the Week: Vandita Morarka whom we had the pleasure of interviewing for this special spotlight.

What’s your piece for change? 

My piece for change is cultivating oppositional dialogues and friendships across differences: building the courage to sit with disagreement, nurturing relationships that stretch beyond sameness, and creating spaces where transformation can emerge from discomfort as much as from harmony.

What inspired you to begin this work or stay committed to it?

I draw inspiration from the feminist movement, which has always required us to sit with tough questions that don’t have easy or definitive answers. Staying with the discomfort of ambiguity, contradiction, and complexity has taught me that transformation is possible when we resist the urge for quick fixes and instead choose dialogue, care, and accountability.

What’s one hope or vision you hold for the future?

My vision is of communities and movements that embrace plurality without fear, where difference is not a barrier but a resource for collective imagination. I hope for a future where justice work is rooted in care, curiosity, and accountability to one another.

What support or connection are you currently looking for?

I am looking for collaborators and co-conspirators who are willing to engage in slow, thoughtful, and sometimes difficult processes of dialogue: whether in organisational spaces, movements, or communities, to co-create practices that hold conflict with care.

What’s one thing about your field or topic you wish more people knew, considered, or acted on?

I wish more people recognised that justice work is not only about shared ideology, but also about how we relate to one another in practice. The ways we treat each other, especially across difference, are as political as the policies we advocate for. Transforming relationships is, in itself, movement work.

Where can people learn more about your work or connect with you?

Find me on LinkedIn

The Parayma community is rooted in authentic, supportive relationships. 

If Vandita’s story resonates with you, reach out, share reflections, or co-create new possibilities together.

🌿 Thank you, Vandita, for sharing your #PieceForChange and for reminding us that transformation begins not only in systems, but in the ways we show up for one another.

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