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There are constraints, of course. Funding is fragile, and the emotional labor of community work weighs heavily. Nandini admits to burnout and is candid about her need to step back sometimes. Those pauses, she says, are part of the practice: they replenish curiosity and prevent projects from becoming extractive. She also worries about the commercialization of cultural work: the ways markets can flatten stories into commodities. Her answer is deliberate: insist on agency for participants, transparency in funding, and long-term relationships over short-term exposure.