Despite no salaries for four years, teachers of the Abhayaran Sikshan Samiti Higher Secondary School in Mungeli district in Chhattisgarh, have stayed on. They are awaiting a government grant, which will help the school stay afloat and continue to impart education to Gond and Baiga tribal children.

Bangladesh is no stranger to floods. Almost every year, the country battles them during the monsoon season. However, this year unprecedented heavy rainfall has brought devastating floods, earlier than usual in the month of May. It's been almost two months and the north and northeastern regions of the country are still struggling as flood waters have washed away millions of houses and inundated hundreds of thousand hectares of farmlands. A ground report from the flood-hit Sylhet region.