A non-profit helps displaced Baiga adivasis from the Kanha National Park, find stability

Displaced from their forest homes inside the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, tribal inhabitants struggled for years to find...

The ‘Hemp’ Ropemakers of Jharkhand

Sunn hemp ropes were once used to make charpais, tie cattle, use around pails that were lowered then into wells...

Once migrant labourers at brick kilns, women in Lohardaga now farm their land and rear pigs

After years of moving from place to place looking for an income, women in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand find empowerment...

“It is difficult to look after hungry kids” — Anganwadi workers in UP demand hot cooked meals be resumed

It’s been more than two years since children in Uttar Pradesh’s anganwadis have been served hot cooked meals, though most...

36% of the world’s rabies deaths happen in India. A Kashmiri doctor is trying to change that.

Rabies is a 100% preventable though not curable disease. Qazi Mudasir, a veterinary doctor at the Central Veterinary Hospital Srinagar,...

The Banana Fibre Weavers of Anegundi

A rural development society in the ancient village of Anegundi, Karnataka, uses locally sourced banana crop waste to make baskets,...

Online gaming and gambling — a debt-and-death trap for rural youth

India has around 420 million active online gamers and the industry is slated to grow to five billion dollars by...

Bihar: Solar powered cold storage facility is helping small traders in Muzaffarpur minimise their losses

Bihar’s Muzaffarpur is a hub for vegetables and fruits. Cold storage units can go a long way in cutting down...

Tackling antimicrobial resistance by focusing on sanitation and hygiene

More than 1.2 million people died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Access to safe water,...

Pipelines laid but no water; health centre barely functions — official apathy mars Pokhran’s nuclear-test-fame village

On May 11, 1998 India successfully carried out underground nuclear tests at a site three kilometres away from the Khetolai...