Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue: One of the Trapped Worker’s Pregnant Wife is Expected to Deliver in a Week’s Time
Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue: One of the Trapped Worker’s Pregnant Wife is Expected to Deliver in a Week’s Time

By Brijendra Dubey

Amongst the 41 workers who are trapped inside the tunnel in Uttarkashi is Akhilesh Singh, whose wife is pregnant with their first child. She is unaware of her husband being stuck for the past 12 days.

Amongst the 41 workers who are trapped inside the tunnel in Uttarkashi is Akhilesh Singh, whose wife is pregnant with their first child. She is unaware of her husband being stuck for the past 12 days.

The fauji teacher: ‘Upon defending the borders he spent rest of his life teaching free of cost’
The fauji teacher: ‘Upon defending the borders he spent rest of his life teaching free of cost’

By Kirti Bhushan Trivedi

Being the sole inheritor of a landlord family, he could have spent his life in indolence and pleasures. Instead, he preferred to live on the grind and joined the Indian Army. Upon his retirement from the army, he spent the rest of his life teaching kids free of cost.

Being the sole inheritor of a landlord family, he could have spent his life in indolence and pleasures. Instead, he preferred to live on the grind and joined the Indian Army. Upon his retirement from the army, he spent the rest of his life teaching kids free of cost.

Dunk a child's fingers in boiling hot oil – that's how these villagers deal with basic illnesses
Dunk a child's fingers in boiling hot oil – that's how these villagers deal with basic illnesses

By Neetu Singh

In rural India, even today, superstitions are steeped deep. The disease symptoms of many children are taken to be a foul act of fantastical spirits or hexes and treated by the brutal burning of their body parts. The victims of such malpractices are rendered handicapped for the rest of their lives

In rural India, even today, superstitions are steeped deep. The disease symptoms of many children are taken to be a foul act of fantastical spirits or hexes and treated by the brutal burning of their body parts. The victims of such malpractices are rendered handicapped for the rest of their lives

75-yo Lalti Devi is no more an 'angootha-chaap' — because of an adult literacy initiative in Varanasi
75-yo Lalti Devi is no more an 'angootha-chaap' — because of an adult literacy initiative in Varanasi

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.

She is 21… but has seen a sanitary pad only on TV
She is 21… but has seen a sanitary pad only on TV

By Jigyasa Mishra

While people living in cities have an option to choose from a range of sanitary napkins available in markets and they even have an option to choose among pads, menstrual cups and tampons, but women living in villages don't even know what pads are.

While people living in cities have an option to choose from a range of sanitary napkins available in markets and they even have an option to choose among pads, menstrual cups and tampons, but women living in villages don't even know what pads are.

UP Govt Resumes Hot Cooked Meals After Three Years; Anganwadi Workers Relieved
UP Govt Resumes Hot Cooked Meals After Three Years; Anganwadi Workers Relieved

By गाँव कनेक्शन

Hot cooked meals at the 189,309 anganwadi centres across Uttar Pradesh have been resumed, which is likely to benefit 8 million kids in the age group three to six years.

Hot cooked meals at the 189,309 anganwadi centres across Uttar Pradesh have been resumed, which is likely to benefit 8 million kids in the age group three to six years.

Meet the real Ganesh Gaitonde of Sacred Games!
Meet the real Ganesh Gaitonde of Sacred Games!

By Neelesh Misra

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been impressing us with his acting abilities ever since he made his debut, but these days netizens can't stop raving about Ganesh Gaitonde – the character he plays in Netflix series Sacred Games. Gaitonde is brutal, brash, abusive and cocky, but the real Nawaz is quite the opposite -- he is simple, adorable and a complete laugh riot

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been impressing us with his acting abilities ever since he made his debut, but these days netizens can't stop raving about Ganesh Gaitonde – the character he plays in Netflix series Sacred Games. Gaitonde is brutal, brash, abusive and cocky, but the real Nawaz is quite the opposite -- he is simple, adorable and a complete laugh riot

Each region celebrates Diwali differently, but the essence is to beat the darkness within
Each region celebrates Diwali differently, but the essence is to beat the darkness within

By Seema Kaintura

Present-day festivities are limited by the modern urban life experiences whereas traditionally, festivals in India took an individual to the community and were varied and numerous in their modes of celebrations spread over a fortnight

Present-day festivities are limited by the modern urban life experiences whereas traditionally, festivals in India took an individual to the community and were varied and numerous in their modes of celebrations spread over a fortnight

Pulses — A Luxury Gift For Rural Indians This Festive Season. A Ground Report
Pulses — A Luxury Gift For Rural Indians This Festive Season. A Ground Report

By गाँव कनेक्शन

As prices of pulses and other food items soar, our reporters fan out to different parts of the country to ask people in villages what they are eating. Here’s what we found.

As prices of pulses and other food items soar, our reporters fan out to different parts of the country to ask people in villages what they are eating. Here’s what we found.

"It is difficult to look after hungry kids" — Anganwadi workers in UP demand hot cooked meals be resumed
"It is difficult to look after hungry kids" — Anganwadi workers in UP demand hot cooked meals be resumed

By गाँव कनेक्शन

It's been more than two years since children in Uttar Pradesh's anganwadis have been served hot cooked meals, though most other states have resumed them, post pandemic. But India's most populous state, with a high burden of malnutrition, continues to distribute dry rations. The state government has given an assurance that hot meals will be resumed from January 2023.

It's been more than two years since children in Uttar Pradesh's anganwadis have been served hot cooked meals, though most other states have resumed them, post pandemic. But India's most populous state, with a high burden of malnutrition, continues to distribute dry rations. The state government has given an assurance that hot meals will be resumed from January 2023.

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