Each jar carries a simple label- Dehing Patkai Pickles. It felt like salt rubbed into an open wound when Dehing Patkai was declared a National Park in 2021. Gradually, her pickles found a name, Dehing Patkai Pickles. When livelihoods depend on entering protected forests, conservation laws become difficult to accept. But it can also be reimagined through livelihoods that give people a reason to choose conservation because it safeguards their own future as well.