Reportage
She was raped … became a mother at 12. Meet this Nirbhaya who never made headlines
Neha had gone to fetch water when she was dragged to a public toilet by a boy, her neighbour, and raped. She spent the next few months doing the rounds of police stations, courts, hospitals and rehabilitation homes. At 14, she is now a mother and is too scared to step out of her house
Neetu Singh
Giriraj Singh’s unique biogas model has helped farmers in this village in Gujarat earn more
The animal husbandry ministry provided biogas plants to houses having milch animals and bought the slurry in return. The ministry claims it has increased the farmers’ income by three times
Arvind Shukla
Gaon Connection wins Ramnath Goenka. It’s a third in a decade
Senior reporter Diti Bajpai wins the ‘Uncovering India Invisible’ category for her series ‘Raktranjit’. The series highlights those rape cases that failed to become headlines or hashtags
Gaon Connection
The anti-CAA protests bring Adivasis into focus, the Act threatens their identity
Whether in showing paperwork or proving their identity, the Citizenship Amendment Act is going to hit the Adivasis hard. This Act will make it difficult for them to establish their identity
Deepti Mary Minj
Police show their ugly face in handling anti-CAA protests, need urgent reforms to earn public trust
The incidents of the past month indicate the police have forgotten that their most important task is to inculcate a sense of security amongst the population by maintaining law and order
Sanjiv Krishan Sood
Frustrated candidates stick posters across Uttar Pradesh, demand a speedy trial
More than four lakh candidates had appeared for 69,000 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test on January 6, 2019. They are still waiting for the result as the case is still being fought in the court. This year, candidates appeared in the exam wearing black bands
Daya Sagar
Winter bonfires were once popular in rural areas. Now, mobiles have taken over
A happy crowd surrounding a bonfire, narrating stories late into the night, savouring baked and sweet potatoes and other earthy winter dishes are now sweet nostalgic memories of the past. Now, people sit covered in a quilt with mobile phone in hand
Neetu Singh
This is the reason why we shouldn’t expect philanthropists to fund activism
Since philanthropists are unlikely to fund anything that destabilises their businesses, building independent institutions can be an effective approach to create lasting impact
Gaon Connection
Are traditional livelihoods non-profits losing their relevance?
Over the past two decades, the bulk of civil society’s interventions in rural India have been around food sufficiency. Most of them aren’t providing other opportunities — ones that are sought by the youths
Gaon Connection
“I was born here. My family was born here. But now, we have to show documents to prove this”
Fearing NRC, people are queuing outside cemeteries in Lucknow and paying a hefty amount to get documents related to the burial of their parents … and their grandparents. Just in case …