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.

The farmers’ agitation, demanding compensation for the losses they faced during the recent floods, has shifted venue to the Nai Mandi at Ambala, 12 kilometres from the Shambhu Barrier on the Haryana-Punjab border where many of them were detained and their tractors impounded.

The farmers’ agitation, demanding compensation for the losses they faced during the recent floods, has shifted venue to the Nai Mandi at Ambala, 12 kilometres from the Shambhu Barrier on the Haryana-Punjab border where many of them were detained and their tractors impounded.

Kisan Unions from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand were to assemble in Chandigarh today, August 22, to hold a rally demanding compensation for losses suffered during the recent floods. However, they were stopped and some farmers were detained.

Kisan Unions from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand were to assemble in Chandigarh today, August 22, to hold a rally demanding compensation for losses suffered during the recent floods. However, they were stopped and some farmers were detained.

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.

Farmers from eight villages in the Shama cluster are associated with a growth centre that processes and sells kiwi products. The fruit is locally grown by the hill farmers. In 2021, nearly 20 quintals of kiwi were pulped for juice. The sale of these products has increased the income of farmers.