“I call this institute [ARI] a place of unlearning, learning, and re-learning…

…because while I learned many new things, I also had to look back at what I had learned in the past, question its relevance, and restructure that acquired knowledge, so it could truly apply to the present world.” 

– Sushme “Sush” Marak, 2024 ARI Graduate, Meghalaya, India

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quote from article, My Days of Learning at the Asian Rural Institute

published in Hill Myrna Magazine, January 2026