Hi! Cześć! Vanakkam!

We are Renata and Sridhar,
We're delighted you’re here!

Shifting from a fast paced city life in 2019 to a minimalistic off the grid one, with 3 minors (including one 5 month old one) was surely not the most comfortable and popular way of spending pandemic. Contrarily, when the day 0 came, with leap of faith, more theory than hands-on experience, we moved to the barren land in Tamil Nadu and had nothing more than a dream and a few points written down on a piece of paper. There were impressions and expectations of others holding us down but day by day, with trials and errors, we settled pretty well into new environment.

Volunteer with us

To give at least vast idea how our life looks now, we need to start with a farm location. We live on a drought prone area near Gingee, Villupuram district. The location is in a temperate zone, which means the wet season is overcast, the dry season is partly (rarely I would say) cloudy and it is hot and oppressive year round. Due to initial struggle to make water supply available throughout the year for our 5 member family (yes, a dried up farm well happened couple of times during summer season), we were hesitant to host visitors to provide at least minimal comfort to already pretty raw camping like farm conditions. For the last 6 years of a full time farm life, we are the living proof such life can be manageable and... quite pleasant. We went through ups and downs, bending reality, discomfort, unsuccessful farm project investments, nature disasters, doubts, helplessness, some couple fights in between and eventually disappointment. But none of these distracted us enough to step out of our slow living retirement vision. And that to be honest paid off pretty well, as our family feels more connected than ever before. We have unhurried daily routine and felt deeply what really matters for us. Having said so, as we got some hands on experiences during city to farm life transition - we're now ready to host those who have similar ideas in heads, who stand in the beginning of their journey where we stood in 2019 turning their lifestyles in 180 degrees.

We want to be very clear before any committments set. It may not be the most luxurious stay you have ever signed up. Far from a 5 star hotels standards, cosy bed, warm shower and high speed wifi, but hey – wouldn’t be just perfect to give yourself a go if such life off the grid matches your energy. A great moment to test without guilt if you can turn into a self sustainable life creator. If you are capable to shift a mindset from “it cannot be done” to “finding a win-win solutions”. We cannot promise there will be no struggle, no sweat and spoon fed treatment. At some point, you may be swept away by nostalgia, hit by a sentimental longing for availability of city amenities. What we can promise instead, is that we’ll walk you into our farm routine, focusing on providing back to the roots experiences and community spirit. There are ways to work around these so-called limitations.

5 years on the farm

Currently we’re working on a decent, yet minimalist guest house to make you get the farm life experience to the fullest. As till now, some of the amenities are in their basic condition, we encourage you to adjust expectations and focus more on a takeaways from the stay rather than an attachment to the old life.

Guest house on the farm

Disclaimer. Farm is our home. We work and live here on a full time basis as a homeschooling family. We expect land, our home, our privacy to be respected and with this – we do not provide walk-ins, casual tourist visits on our farm. If you are interested in volunteering with us, please drop us a message to contact@noprobleminindia.com or a DM via our Instagram page and share your motivation for the visit. We’ll review it and revert with possible options. Costs of volunteering with us settle up on voluntary donation. We believe when values matches, settlement will come naturally.

Buy us a coffee – volunteering donation

Mission

to live a more sustainable, self-reliant and harmonious life through back to the roots – nature-based skills to make life simple, healthy, happy and meaningful

Values

earth care
commitment
resilience
integrity
respect

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