What We Grow The Cane Cutters of Gujarat: They work 12 hours a day and get paid after six months Tribal migrant labourers in South Gujarat, slog long hours on sugarcane farms, but have neither proper homes, toilets nor education...
What We Grow A village in Bihar goes organic, transforming the lives of its women From blistered hands and racking coughs to financial savings and bright smiles – this is the story of women of...
Livelihood Lemongrass cultivation greens Banka’s barren land and promises profit to farmers Nearly 1,000 acres of ‘banjar bhoomi’ in Banka district of Bihar is today flush with green as lemongrass cultivation has...
Health “Arsenic has entered the food chain through irrigation water… it can cause cancer, mental retardation” Ashok Kumar Ghosh, chairperson, Bihar State Pollution Control Board, and professor and Head of Department, Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research...
Livelihood The whisper of the world-famous Banka silk from Bihar is being silenced The musical clatter of the handlooms that signalled the making of the beautiful tussar silk may be heard no more...
Livelihood Beekeeping gives the Santhal tribal women in Banka, Bihar, a sweet taste of success Tribal women in south Bihar are transforming their own lives, educating their children as they efficiently run their honey business....
NEWS ETC Killing of a migrant worker in Srinagar fractures decades-old connection between Kashmir and a village in Bihar When gol gappa vendor Arvind Kumar Sah was killed in Srinagar on October 16, shockwaves were felt 2000 kms away...
Reportage IPCC’s new report warns of increased precipitation and intense heatwaves in India; severe rise in rainfall over south India As per the AR6 Working Group I report released today on August 9, the increase in rainfall will be more...
Reportage Water-related disasters dominate the globe; world population exposed to floods increased by 24% since 2000 A new study published in Nature journal shows India has the largest population in the world which is at the...
Reportage Kishtwar cloudburst: Deficient rainfall in Kishtwar in monsoon season so far; now heavy rains kill 7 In the southwest monsoon season so far, between June 1 and July 27, Kishtwar district in Jammu & Kashmir reported...
