Gutting stories of tiger widows, women who lost their husbands to Bengal tigers in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans July 20, 2020 Over 1,000 women in villages along the southwest coast of Bangladesh, adjoining the Sundarbans mangrove forest, are ostracised because their...
MP police brutality on Dalit couple: Will there be action against the real culprit? July 18, 2020 Following outrage over the viral video showing MP Police thrashing Dalit farmers, government acted against Guna collector and SP. But,...
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis and lockdown restrictions have rendered Shehnai players jobless July 17, 2020 Gaon Connection spoke to Gulam Mohammad Khan, a shehnai (clarinet) player, in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. Our conversation was quite long,...
Lakhs of artisans in Bengal, sculpting the Durga idols for generations, are without work and wages July 17, 2020 Three natural calamities — COVID-19 crisis, Cyclone Amphan and now, the heavy rains, have struck traditional artisans who make idols...
As farmers incur losses, MP government fails to procure moong, urad at MSP July 16, 2020 The Madhya Pradesh government has neither registered farmers keen to sell moong and urad nor has it procured the products...
Monsoon in Bihar is synonymous with floods. But, villages along the India-Nepal border in north Bihar face up to 66 flash floods a year July 16, 2020 There are at least 72 known transboundary rivers that flow into north Bihar from Nepal. These rivers, many of them...
World-famous Bagh block-printing artisans of Madhya Pradesh are out of work July 15, 2020 Thousands of artisans in Bagh in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, are hit badly due to the COVID-19 lockdown as demand...
Helping women raise voice against domestic violence: A day in the life of an Adivasi leader July 15, 2020 A domestic-violence survivor herself, an Adivasi woman from rural Rajasthan is helping other women who face violence seek justice, and...
In the absence of mid-day meals, children in Bihar survive on roti-onion, bhaat-achar July 15, 2020 The Supreme Court of India had directed the States and UTs to ensure children get mid-day meals. Despite that, children...
Muzaffarnagar Ashram: Head priest, accomplice jailed for sexually abusing minor boys July 14, 2020 Children brought to a mutt in Uttar Pradesh from Mizoram and Tripura on the pretext of providing them gurukul education...
Gutting stories of tiger widows, women who lost their husbands to Bengal tigers in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans July 20, 2020 Over 1,000 women in villages along the southwest coast of Bangladesh, adjoining the Sundarbans mangrove forest, are ostracised because their...
MP police brutality on Dalit couple: Will there be action against the real culprit? July 18, 2020 Following outrage over the viral video showing MP Police thrashing Dalit farmers, government acted against Guna collector and SP. But,...
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis and lockdown restrictions have rendered Shehnai players jobless July 17, 2020 Gaon Connection spoke to Gulam Mohammad Khan, a shehnai (clarinet) player, in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. Our conversation was quite long,...
Lakhs of artisans in Bengal, sculpting the Durga idols for generations, are without work and wages July 17, 2020 Three natural calamities — COVID-19 crisis, Cyclone Amphan and now, the heavy rains, have struck traditional artisans who make idols...
As farmers incur losses, MP government fails to procure moong, urad at MSP July 16, 2020 The Madhya Pradesh government has neither registered farmers keen to sell moong and urad nor has it procured the products...
Monsoon in Bihar is synonymous with floods. But, villages along the India-Nepal border in north Bihar face up to 66 flash floods a year July 16, 2020 There are at least 72 known transboundary rivers that flow into north Bihar from Nepal. These rivers, many of them...
World-famous Bagh block-printing artisans of Madhya Pradesh are out of work July 15, 2020 Thousands of artisans in Bagh in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, are hit badly due to the COVID-19 lockdown as demand...
Helping women raise voice against domestic violence: A day in the life of an Adivasi leader July 15, 2020 A domestic-violence survivor herself, an Adivasi woman from rural Rajasthan is helping other women who face violence seek justice, and...
In the absence of mid-day meals, children in Bihar survive on roti-onion, bhaat-achar July 15, 2020 The Supreme Court of India had directed the States and UTs to ensure children get mid-day meals. Despite that, children...
Muzaffarnagar Ashram: Head priest, accomplice jailed for sexually abusing minor boys July 14, 2020 Children brought to a mutt in Uttar Pradesh from Mizoram and Tripura on the pretext of providing them gurukul education...