English The Foot Soldiers of Formal Banking in Rural India Half a billion Indians have been able to open their no-frills Jan Dhan bank account for the first time in...
English Having missed the December 2022 deadline, will all households in Bundelkhand, UP get tap water by Diwali? Uttar Pradesh government is working on a war footing to provide the promised tap water connections in every household of...
English Odisha’s Ancient Art of Palm-Leaf Horoscopes Losing the Race with Digitalisation Inscribing horoscopes on palm-leaves is a tradition in Odisha that is in its autumnal years. Artisans who painstakingly cast horoscopes...
English She suffered a miscarriage and has ever since been working on maternal health Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other...
English Can a solar-powered flashlight address human-wildlife conflict? A solar-powered flashlight, Parabraksh, generates light flashes to scare animals away from the fields, without harming them. It is emerging...
English Saturday Specials At A Rural School In a rural school in Gorakhpur, a teacher has dedicated Saturdays for conversations with her students on anything under the...
English All Present and Accounted for A teacher in Bhatahat village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur has found a way to tackle absenteeism in her class. With...
English A solar irrigation pumpset that fits into a jhola is helping marginal farmers Compact and portable solar powered pump sets are making irrigation easier and farmers using them say it has had a...
English Gaon Connection Founder Neelesh Misra Pens A Heartfelt Note On Teacher Connection’s Book Launch As Gaon Connection launches a book documenting the success stories of teachers from India’s rural hinterland, its founder pays a...
English For ‘Rastar Master’, where there’s a wall, there’s a way A teacher brings learning to unlettered women in the villages of West Bengal by converting walls in their neighbourhoods into...
