Building fences: Women in Bareilly make wire and metal netting to protect farmlands from stray cattle, and earn a living February 3, 2022 In Uttar Pradesh, 560,408 women self-help groups across the state’s 75 districts have helped rural women into self employment and...
Delhi’s anganwadi workers go on indefinite strike. What are their demands? January 31, 2022 Hundreds of anganwadi workers assembled near Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to demand an increase in honorarium, facilities such...
The Cane Cutters of Gujarat: They work 12 hours a day and get paid after six months January 31, 2022 Tribal migrant labourers in South Gujarat, slog long hours on sugarcane farms, but have neither proper homes, toilets nor education...
Rugs to Riches: The dhurrie makers of Sitapur January 27, 2022 Handwoven dhurries from Khairabad in Uttar Pradesh fly all the way to America, Japan and Europe.
Rural women turn over new leaves January 21, 2022 After getting trained, women in the villages of Odisha and Karnataka have set up their units to create and market...
10-12 hours of hard labour a day to earn Rs 100: Child labour thrives in the brick kilns of Rajasthan January 19, 2022 Deprived of nutrition, education and a safe environment, the number of child labourers in India is 10.1 million of which...
As they sew, so they reap: Women in Bihar use Sujani embroidery to empower themselves January 19, 2022 Sujani embroidery from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, holds a GI tag. Traditionally, women quilted patches of cloth together and embroidered motifs from...
Holy cow? Not for the UP farmer, who now spends nights protecting crops against stray cattle attacks January 14, 2022 Stray cattle in the rest of the country have reduced by 3.2% from 2012 to 2019. However, their population has...
From royal patronage to penury, the dwindling of the ironmongers, Lohagadiyas January 5, 2022 The Lohagadiyas, who had the patronage of the maharajas of Mewar and wrought swords for royalty, are now a nomadic...
UP govt promises hike in honorarium of anganwadi workers ahead of polls; the workers want the assurance in writing January 4, 2022 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an increase in the monthly honorarium of anganwadi workers from Rs 5,500 to Rs 8,000....
Building fences: Women in Bareilly make wire and metal netting to protect farmlands from stray cattle, and earn a living February 3, 2022 In Uttar Pradesh, 560,408 women self-help groups across the state’s 75 districts have helped rural women into self employment and...
Delhi’s anganwadi workers go on indefinite strike. What are their demands? January 31, 2022 Hundreds of anganwadi workers assembled near Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to demand an increase in honorarium, facilities such...
The Cane Cutters of Gujarat: They work 12 hours a day and get paid after six months January 31, 2022 Tribal migrant labourers in South Gujarat, slog long hours on sugarcane farms, but have neither proper homes, toilets nor education...
Rugs to Riches: The dhurrie makers of Sitapur January 27, 2022 Handwoven dhurries from Khairabad in Uttar Pradesh fly all the way to America, Japan and Europe.
Rural women turn over new leaves January 21, 2022 After getting trained, women in the villages of Odisha and Karnataka have set up their units to create and market...
10-12 hours of hard labour a day to earn Rs 100: Child labour thrives in the brick kilns of Rajasthan January 19, 2022 Deprived of nutrition, education and a safe environment, the number of child labourers in India is 10.1 million of which...
As they sew, so they reap: Women in Bihar use Sujani embroidery to empower themselves January 19, 2022 Sujani embroidery from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, holds a GI tag. Traditionally, women quilted patches of cloth together and embroidered motifs from...
Holy cow? Not for the UP farmer, who now spends nights protecting crops against stray cattle attacks January 14, 2022 Stray cattle in the rest of the country have reduced by 3.2% from 2012 to 2019. However, their population has...
From royal patronage to penury, the dwindling of the ironmongers, Lohagadiyas January 5, 2022 The Lohagadiyas, who had the patronage of the maharajas of Mewar and wrought swords for royalty, are now a nomadic...
UP govt promises hike in honorarium of anganwadi workers ahead of polls; the workers want the assurance in writing January 4, 2022 Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an increase in the monthly honorarium of anganwadi workers from Rs 5,500 to Rs 8,000....