Positive Stories
Pehlwan: Migrant workers who are also migrant warriors of Mumbai
They came to Mumbai as teenagers and work as coolies and security guards. What brings these migrant workers together is pehlwani. Virtual Bharat’s ‘Pehlwan: The Migrant Warrior’ documents their grit.
Varsha Ramachandran
Taking Trash to Task: A dumpyard in the Nilgiris hills transforms into a waste management park
A joint effort by local inhabitants, the Coonoor municipality and the district administration of the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu has converted a dumpyard into a beautiful waste management facility where 110 tonnes of plastic and nearly 96 tonnes of paper waste have been recycled since last November.
Pankaja Srinivasan
A walk through the vanams or mini urban forests of Coimbatore in Western Tamil Nadu
Citizen initiatives have created mini forests in and around Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. These urban vanams are set to expand with thousands of more saplings taking root in the coming months.
Pankaja Srinivasan
Chhattisgarh reopens its anganwadis to provide daily hot nutritious meals
Chhattisgarh has become the first state in the country to reopen its anganwadi centres amid the COVID-19 to offer health and nutrition services to kids and women
Sarah Khan
A library for rice with grains from the past
An Assamese farmer, Mahan Chandra Borah, has set up northeast India’s first seed library in Jorhat, called Annapoorna, to revive indigenous, sustainable and nutritious rice varieties.
Azera Parveen Rahman
Jharkhand: How a Gaon Connection report saw help reach 40 villages in Saranda forest
Malnutrition and lack of potable water and healthcare facilities have troubled the villagers for decades. Finally, in August this year, officials visited them and promised to include them in development projects.
Anand Dutta
Chhattisgarh fuels rural economy using cow dung; also makes vermicompost more accessible
In less than 10 days since its launch on July 20, the Chhattisgarh government’s Godhan Nyay Yojana has already paid Rs 1.65 crore to those who collected cow dung.
Suryakant Dewangan
Nutrition gardens offer hope and health to malnourished children in Rajasthan
Using MGNREGA funds, the Rajasthan government is creating vegetable and fruit gardens to enable malnourished children to eat better through its Poshan Vatika initiative.
Madhav Sharma
Rags to pads: Young tribal women of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh successfully script the switchover
Over 26 villages in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh are benefitting from a menstrual hygiene campaign of Dastak Kishori Samuh, a group of young tribal women, who are stitching sanitary pads and distributing to rural women.
Deepanwita Gita Niyogi
On this Doctor’s Day, a doctor appeals to the COVID-19 survivors to donate their plasma. It may save lives
I want to tell you this as a human being, if you are someone who was fortunate enough to have recovered from COVID-19, please do not hesitate to donate your plasma.