My Rural Connection During the lockdown, this school teacher decorated the walls of his house with Warli paintings Tulsi Patel, a drawing teacher working in a school in Surat, moved to his village in the neighbouring district during...
Reportage “Humans and elephants used to co-exist peacefully. Not anymore. They have been killing people” For villagers living in many districts in Chhattisgarh the human-elephant conflict is a ‘jumbo’ problem. These conflicts result in the...
Positive Stories Bhima: A young boy from Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, recounts his brush with Naxalism Bhima had briefly worked for the Naxals. When better sense prevailed, he switched sides and joined hands with the security...
Positive Stories Instead of staying “locked up”, they decided to pool in money and distribute food packets Uttar Pradesh-based Kalam Khan and his friends have taken a hit in their businesses because of the lockdown. But this...
Positive Stories “We have provided dry ration to 7,000 families since the lockdown … and we shall continue” This NGO based in the National Capital Region imparts education to underprivileged kids. But, since the lockdown, it has also...
Positive Stories Meet the man who made the Bijapur District Hospital in Chhattisgarh one of the best In 2016, when Ayyaj Tamboli, a doctor, joined as the Bijapur district collector, he was disappointed to see the plight...
Reportage Let’s not be overconfident: “We will come to know the impact of the lockdown after April 6” In India, the rate of corona transmission has remained significantly lower than the global average. The good news is that...
Reportage “Remember Contagion, the sci-fi movie? Coronavirus is now as real as the sun rising in the East” Just like in most of the Hollywood movies, the doomsday hits the greatest city in the world – the New...
Reportage “Many borders are sealed, but it’s the shipping industry that is going to deliver your goods” There are thousands of crew members across the world who are stuck. Even though they are reporting that life is...
Reportage Lockdown: “I feel anxious and unsettled. There’s nothing that prepares you for this” When everyone is asked to stay home, what happens to people who call the rough streets, and spaces under the...
