By Manoj Choudhary
Women in Bahrawati village of Rajasthan weave carpets, locally known as galicha, which helps them earn a living. However, a part of their earnings go to the middlemen. Efforts are underway to directly link these rural women with the market.
Women in Bahrawati village of Rajasthan weave carpets, locally known as galicha, which helps them earn a living. However, a part of their earnings go to the middlemen. Efforts are underway to directly link these rural women with the market.
By Manoj Choudhary
Gathering together under village organisations and federations, the women from the villages of Dholpur in Rajasthan, find financial independence, and along with it, their voice.
Gathering together under village organisations and federations, the women from the villages of Dholpur in Rajasthan, find financial independence, and along with it, their voice.
By Manoj Choudhary
Villages in Rajasthan where agriculture is impractical due to lack of water are turning to rearing goats that are low maintenance and an assured source of income.
Villages in Rajasthan where agriculture is impractical due to lack of water are turning to rearing goats that are low maintenance and an assured source of income.
By Manoj Choudhary
Led by Bhanuvati Devi, women in Nandpura village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan got all the six liquor shops in their village shut. Since October 2019, the village has been alcohol-shop-free. The families there now have more money to spend on the education and health of their children.
Led by Bhanuvati Devi, women in Nandpura village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan got all the six liquor shops in their village shut. Since October 2019, the village has been alcohol-shop-free. The families there now have more money to spend on the education and health of their children.
By Manoj Choudhary
A state government scheme in Rajasthan to encourage rainwater harvesting is bearing fruit as for the first time, the farmers in the water-strapped Gironiya village, are cultivating wheat in the rabi season, and their mustard production has reportedly increased manifold.
A state government scheme in Rajasthan to encourage rainwater harvesting is bearing fruit as for the first time, the farmers in the water-strapped Gironiya village, are cultivating wheat in the rabi season, and their mustard production has reportedly increased manifold.
By Manvendra Singh
A recently launched app called GraamHaat is facilitating women farmers in Rajasthan and parts of Bundelkhand to take better care of their livestock, and buy and sell the animals in a safe environment.
A recently launched app called GraamHaat is facilitating women farmers in Rajasthan and parts of Bundelkhand to take better care of their livestock, and buy and sell the animals in a safe environment.
By Manoj Choudhary
Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.
Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.
By Kuldeep Chhangani
On May 11, 1998 India successfully carried out underground nuclear tests at a site three kilometres away from the Khetolai village in Pokhran. Twenty four years, the village that made India a global leader in nuclear energy, has little drinking water, barely functioning health centres and a problem of drug dealing and gambling. A ground report.
On May 11, 1998 India successfully carried out underground nuclear tests at a site three kilometres away from the Khetolai village in Pokhran. Twenty four years, the village that made India a global leader in nuclear energy, has little drinking water, barely functioning health centres and a problem of drug dealing and gambling. A ground report.
By Anwesha Ambaly
Tari village faced acute water shortage in the summer season affecting farming activities. Water-borne diseases were widespread. Its women decided to clean up the village pond, and now the village has sufficient water for drinking and farming purposes.
Tari village faced acute water shortage in the summer season affecting farming activities. Water-borne diseases were widespread. Its women decided to clean up the village pond, and now the village has sufficient water for drinking and farming purposes.
By Manoj Choudhary
Water-strapped residents of Bara Gobindpur in Jharkhand turned to rainwater harvesting a decade ago and today, their village faces no water shortage, not even in the gruelling summers.
Water-strapped residents of Bara Gobindpur in Jharkhand turned to rainwater harvesting a decade ago and today, their village faces no water shortage, not even in the gruelling summers.