By Diti Bajpai
By Diti Bajpai
By Gaon Connection
At Parijat Academy, a school in Pamohi village near Guwahati, first generation learners receive free education and learn various skills. Making sanitary pads is a part of the curriculum.
At Parijat Academy, a school in Pamohi village near Guwahati, first generation learners receive free education and learn various skills. Making sanitary pads is a part of the curriculum.
By Sayantani Deb
At Parijat Academy, a school in Pamohi village near Guwahati, first generation learners receive free education and learn various skills. Making sanitary pads is a part of the curriculum.
At Parijat Academy, a school in Pamohi village near Guwahati, first generation learners receive free education and learn various skills. Making sanitary pads is a part of the curriculum.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Today, Children’s Day is also the birth anniversary of Padma Shri Sindhutai Sapkal who dedicated her entire life to taking care of orphaned children.
Today, Children’s Day is also the birth anniversary of Padma Shri Sindhutai Sapkal who dedicated her entire life to taking care of orphaned children.
By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee
In the Jangalmahal area of West Bengal, drums, songs and festivities carry on for two weeks as villagers send up prayers of gratitude for a bountiful harvest and the well-being of their cattle.
In the Jangalmahal area of West Bengal, drums, songs and festivities carry on for two weeks as villagers send up prayers of gratitude for a bountiful harvest and the well-being of their cattle.
By Puspanjalee Das Dutta
A writer fondly recalls her grandmother’s special dish made with a special kind of tita phool (bitter flowers) that was carefully prepared to keep coughs, colds and fevers at bay from her beloved family members.
A writer fondly recalls her grandmother’s special dish made with a special kind of tita phool (bitter flowers) that was carefully prepared to keep coughs, colds and fevers at bay from her beloved family members.
By Sumit Yadav
A paint manufacturing workshop operated by 20 women in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh has so far sold 1,200 kilogrammes of paint made from cow dung. For the women the enterprise has raised their self esteem and given them economic independence.
A paint manufacturing workshop operated by 20 women in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh has so far sold 1,200 kilogrammes of paint made from cow dung. For the women the enterprise has raised their self esteem and given them economic independence.
By Gaon Connection
A chartered accountant and his wife, a social worker, quit their jobs to start Swatantra Talim skill centres in rural Uttar Pradesh that have trained around 8,000 children and helped them set up careers.
A chartered accountant and his wife, a social worker, quit their jobs to start Swatantra Talim skill centres in rural Uttar Pradesh that have trained around 8,000 children and helped them set up careers.
By Gaon Connection
The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.
The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.