Reportage “Give us more compensation for failed crops, and a fair price for good crops” Like every year, this year too, about 10.07 crore farmers in the agrarian country look forward to the Budget in...
Columns Despite a plethora of government schemes, many villagers are still spending huge sums for treatment The 6,500-odd residents of Adbar village in Haryana say they would love to have a doctor round the clock, child...
Reportage “I have been sailing in the river since childhood. The river is my goddess and the boat, my life” Boatmen in the small town in Kanpur district depend on the river and devotees’ visits to the holy place for...
Reportage “I wish that instead of treating us as special for just a day, people treat us normally on all days” Members of the third gender are invited to celebrate a birth or a wedding. They say they would rather prefer...
Reportage For many women artisans, traditional embroidery is a passport to self-empowerment Ashma is one of the many chikan karigars of Lucknow, women who are conserving a traditional craft and also augmenting...
Reportage “No one speaks to me. When my family has neglected me, what can I blame others for?” In 2015, Kanchan, 14, had gone to the fields to cut some grass. She was kidnapped by three youth who...
Reportage Water, cylinders, housing … what are those living in our villages expecting from this Budget? In her last Budget speech, the FM had specifically mentioned the Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Har Ghar...
Uncategorized Poverty, inflation, shrinking jobs — the three key problems the Budget should focus on India’s march towards a $5-trillion economy could take a hit if it doesn’t address rising poverty and economic inequality. Growing...
Reportage The MGNREGA workers are hopeful the FM would keep their interests in mind in this Budget They are looking forward to this Budget in a hope that the government would make announcements keeping their interests in...
Positive Stories Varanasi: People dial him instead of an ambulance when they come across an injured person Aman Kabir, 24, has been single mindedly devoted to the service of road accident victims and mentally and physically differently...
