By Ankit Rathore
It is Beena Singh's mission to teach old women to read and write. Since 2019, through her NGO, Ideal Women Welfare Society, Devi has been teaching grandmothers and mothers, without charging any fee. The initiative has helped elderly women feel empowered and independent.
It is Beena Singh's mission to teach old women to read and write. Since 2019, through her NGO, Ideal Women Welfare Society, Devi has been teaching grandmothers and mothers, without charging any fee. The initiative has helped elderly women feel empowered and independent.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
A teacher in Siktaur Primary School in Khorabar block, Gorakhpur district, cleared out a disused room and turned it into a colourful library that has become the favourite hangout for the school’s children.
A teacher in Siktaur Primary School in Khorabar block, Gorakhpur district, cleared out a disused room and turned it into a colourful library that has become the favourite hangout for the school’s children.
By Sarah Khan
Hundreds of anganwadi workers protested in Delhi for 38 days and called it off when the Delhi government invoked the law refraining protests for the workers occupied in essential services. Upon returning to their centres, about 500 workers found that they had been fired. The anganwadi workers have now moved Delhi High Court against the state government's termination of their services. Details here.
Hundreds of anganwadi workers protested in Delhi for 38 days and called it off when the Delhi government invoked the law refraining protests for the workers occupied in essential services. Upon returning to their centres, about 500 workers found that they had been fired. The anganwadi workers have now moved Delhi High Court against the state government's termination of their services. Details here.
By Ashis Senapati
Inscribing horoscopes on palm-leaves is a tradition in Odisha that is in its autumnal years. Artisans who painstakingly cast horoscopes on dried palm leaves with an iron stylus are being edged out by computerised horoscopes.
Inscribing horoscopes on palm-leaves is a tradition in Odisha that is in its autumnal years. Artisans who painstakingly cast horoscopes on dried palm leaves with an iron stylus are being edged out by computerised horoscopes.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Meet a 58-year-old grandmother, an ASHA worker in a village, who has found a tech guru in her 16-year-old granddaughter and is learning the nuances of the internet for work as well as entertainment
Meet a 58-year-old grandmother, an ASHA worker in a village, who has found a tech guru in her 16-year-old granddaughter and is learning the nuances of the internet for work as well as entertainment
By Sachin Tulsa tripathi
What began as a hobby to address an existential crisis in 2005 has now matured as an artistic skill for 61-year-old Shivendra Singh Parihar. Dedicating almost three hours daily to carving statues of Lord Ganesha has not only made Parihar famous in Madhya Pradesh's Satna but also enabled him to find his life's purpose.
What began as a hobby to address an existential crisis in 2005 has now matured as an artistic skill for 61-year-old Shivendra Singh Parihar. Dedicating almost three hours daily to carving statues of Lord Ganesha has not only made Parihar famous in Madhya Pradesh's Satna but also enabled him to find his life's purpose.
By Dewesh Pandey
Just two farmers remain in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh who continue to cultivate the famous Banarasi paan leaf. Mira Devi is one of them. Gaon Connection caught up with her to know why betel leaf farmers were turning to daily wage works.
Just two farmers remain in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh who continue to cultivate the famous Banarasi paan leaf. Mira Devi is one of them. Gaon Connection caught up with her to know why betel leaf farmers were turning to daily wage works.
By Gaon Connection
Just two farmers remain in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh who continue to cultivate the famous Banarasi paan leaf. Mira Devi is one of them. Gaon Connection caught up with her to know why betel leaf farmers were turning to daily wage works.
Just two farmers remain in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh who continue to cultivate the famous Banarasi paan leaf. Mira Devi is one of them. Gaon Connection caught up with her to know why betel leaf farmers were turning to daily wage works.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Deepti Dixit single handedly manages 90 children, in class 1 to 5, of a primary government school in Dhanras village in Chhattisgarh. But rather than getting bogged down by the situation, she has introduced innovative methods of teaching the rural kids, and is also training local women in stitching and sewing. Dixit aims to bring the government school up to par with the education quality and resources of private schools.
Deepti Dixit single handedly manages 90 children, in class 1 to 5, of a primary government school in Dhanras village in Chhattisgarh. But rather than getting bogged down by the situation, she has introduced innovative methods of teaching the rural kids, and is also training local women in stitching and sewing. Dixit aims to bring the government school up to par with the education quality and resources of private schools.
By Rahul Jha
Due to the strike by 100,000 ASHAs, vaccination activities in the state are affected, and several primary healthcare centres in villages have stopped providing health services.
Due to the strike by 100,000 ASHAs, vaccination activities in the state are affected, and several primary healthcare centres in villages have stopped providing health services.