Waiting To Die In Kashi

Amidst the bustle and crowds of the holy city of Banaras, the Mumukshu Bhawan and the Mukti Bhawan offer comfort,...

Sweet poison: WHO likely to label aspartame as ‘possibly carcinogenic’; what does that mean for the Indian food industry?

The WHO is likely to add aspartame, an artificial low-calorie sweetener, to its list of chemicals which can possibly cause...

Ensuring safe childbirth among tribal women in Jharkhand

A nonprofit, Transform Rural India Foundation, is working with hundreds of thousands villagers in Ranchi and Simdega districts of Jharkhand...

Nursery time in Ramgarh, Jharkhand

When Savita Murmu set up a saplings nursery with the support of the non-profit Transform Rural India Foundation, she exchanged...

UP: Unnao’s first women-led SHG for Thai guava cultivation promises better incomes for farmers

Disappointed with the uncertainties in the market prices of traditional vegetables, a women-led self help group in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao...

The Strawberry Farmers of Odisha

With the support of district administration, tribal farmers in Koraput and Nuapada districts have taken up strawberry cultivation and are...

Madhya Pradesh: Rural women run the show in making vermicompost; dependence on fertilisers reduced

As part of a joint livelihood incentivisation programme run by a non-governmental organisation and the state government, eight villages in...

A farmer in Barabanki switched to cultivating gladiolus flowers and has never looked back

Anil Verma used to grow paddy and wheat in Barabanki but switched to cultivating gladiolus flowers twenty years ago. He...

Madhya Pradesh: ‘Badlaav didis’ ensure accessible healthcare to rural women in Barwani

A total of 168 women from 79 villages in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district have been roped in as voluntary agents...

Training in cultivation and animal husbandry empowers Birhor tribal women in Jharkhand

Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty...