India accounts for the highest number of people forced to flee their homes due to climate-related disasters such as floods, cyclones, droughts and the growing water crisis. This summer, as water sources dry up, many more prepare to leave their homes in Uchchadi village of Chitrakoot to become environmental refugees.

These women living in far-flung villages face challenges at every walk of their lives, but that has not stopped them from dreaming big. Their battles may not be life-altering ones, but they put up a brave fight, every single day. This trip gave us a chance to meet ordinary women living in Bundelkhand and their extraordinary tales.

In its ongoing mission to conserve groundwater, the Uttar Pradesh government is working to construct groundwater charging stations in 13 districts of the state.

While people living in cities have an option to choose from a range of sanitary napkins available in markets and they even have an option to choose among pads, menstrual cups and tampons, but women living in villages don't even know what pads are.

You get many unsolicited advices if you are a girl and are travelling alone. And why not? Women safety is a delicate issue in our county. I too was a little apprehensive when we started from Chitrakoot on our bikes. But during the course of this journey we met so many beautiful people who went out of their way to help us, it changed our perception about women and solo trips.