Arts & Craft The intriguing history of Sri Lanka’s Dambulla Rock Temple From the expansion of Buddhism in the island nation to the ancient wars, the cave temple complex in Sri Lanka...
Livelihood The ‘Hemp’ Ropemakers of Jharkhand Sunn hemp ropes were once used to make charpais, tie cattle, use around pails that were lowered then into wells...
Livelihood Once migrant labourers at brick kilns, women in Lohardaga now farm their land and rear pigs After years of moving from place to place looking for an income, women in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand find empowerment...
Arts & Craft Beating the cold with handmade coal in Kashmir Women in rural Kashmir gather the leaves and twigs that are shed from the trees during autumn, and turn them...
Rural areas to benefit on priority as UP plans to set up 18 ‘solar cities’ In order to address the rising demand for electricity in the next five years, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...
Arts & Craft The ‘Gola’ grain storage facility in rural Odisha The gola is a traditional and eco-friendly storing facility, once a very common sight in rural Odisha. It is made...
Teacher Connection Toy worlds open up in government schools of Varanasi As part of a unique initiative to enrol more students in government schools, and to encourage play-based learning, the basic...
NEWS ETC 2 murders, 22 months, 1 court proceeding — families of deceased Dalit cousins in Unnao still await justice On February 17, 2021, three minor Dalit girls in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh were allegedly poisoned. Two of them died while...
Governance “It is difficult to look after hungry kids” — Anganwadi workers in UP demand hot cooked meals be resumed It’s been more than two years since children in Uttar Pradesh’s anganwadis have been served hot cooked meals, though most...
OUR ENVIRONMENT Running out of space at the Panna Tiger Reserve? The recent death of a two-year-old male tiger in the Panna Tiger Reserve, the most critical tiger habitat in the...
