बड़े काम के हैं मोबाइल के ये फीचर्स
बड़े काम के हैं मोबाइल के ये फीचर्स

By गाँव कनेक्शन

Maharashtra is all set for the polls, but many from this village won't be voting
Maharashtra is all set for the polls, but many from this village won't be voting

By Varsha Torgalkar

No Aadhar card, voter ID, ration card, housing, drinking water, jobs or toilets … that’s how 35 families from the de-notified bhil tribe have been living in a small hamlet not very far from Mumbai

No Aadhar card, voter ID, ration card, housing, drinking water, jobs or toilets … that’s how 35 families from the de-notified bhil tribe have been living in a small hamlet not very far from Mumbai

Want to get your marriage registered? Shell out Rs 6,000!
Want to get your marriage registered? Shell out Rs 6,000!

By Ranvijay Singh

The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!

The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!

Villagers blame ration card digitalisation as their names disappear from lists
Villagers blame ration card digitalisation as their names disappear from lists

By Ranvijay Singh

Many villagers in Uttar Pradesh these days are running from pillar to post after their names disappear from the ration card distribution list and they stopped getting ration. They say this happened during online registration and verification process

Many villagers in Uttar Pradesh these days are running from pillar to post after their names disappear from the ration card distribution list and they stopped getting ration. They say this happened during online registration and verification process

This is the story of Puttanlal … and there are many in this country
This is the story of Puttanlal … and there are many in this country

By Ranvijay Singh

No house, no LPG connection, no ration card, no voter ID, no electricity … just like Puttanlal, who lives in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh, many are still miles away from various government welfare schemes

No house, no LPG connection, no ration card, no voter ID, no electricity … just like Puttanlal, who lives in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh, many are still miles away from various government welfare schemes

A village in the LoC becomes tourist-friendly
A village in the LoC becomes tourist-friendly

By Mudassir Kuloo

Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.

Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.

Will the Sur Mandal Fall Silent? — A Musician and a Craftsman in Jaisalmer Worry
Will the Sur Mandal Fall Silent? — A Musician and a Craftsman in Jaisalmer Worry

By Kuldeep Chhangani

Chanan Khan is perhaps one of the last musicians who can play the Sur Mandal in the desert district of Rajasthan. Artists like him, and Kishanlal Suthar who crafts this musical instrument are fast disappearing.

Chanan Khan is perhaps one of the last musicians who can play the Sur Mandal in the desert district of Rajasthan. Artists like him, and Kishanlal Suthar who crafts this musical instrument are fast disappearing.

A Chakma Youth Is Preserving His Tribe’s Healing Practices and Its Indigenous Language
A Chakma Youth Is Preserving His Tribe’s Healing Practices and Its Indigenous Language

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

Chandra Kumar Chakma, the 28-year-old healer from Tripura, has documented over 500 medicinal plants, formulations and healing practices of his tribe and has profiled them in his Chakma language.

Chandra Kumar Chakma, the 28-year-old healer from Tripura, has documented over 500 medicinal plants, formulations and healing practices of his tribe and has profiled them in his Chakma language.

Trapped between the Ghaghara and its embankment, UP villagers face annual displacement and yearn for respite
Trapped between the Ghaghara and its embankment, UP villagers face annual displacement and yearn for respite

By Virendra Singh

Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.

Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages and destroys their crops. These rural residents are trapped between the embankments of the river built for flood control. Villages like Tepra are washed away and for the past three years now, people are living on an embankment awaiting compensation and rehabilitation. Will the UP election results change their fate? A ground report.

In Rural West Bengal, Women Roll 500 Beedi a Day for Rs 90 Wage
In Rural West Bengal, Women Roll 500 Beedi a Day for Rs 90 Wage

By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Financial support for housing and health under the Beedi Workers Welfare Organisation has not been coming in, complain beedi workers, who have a paltry earning and a hoard of health problems. A ground report.

Financial support for housing and health under the Beedi Workers Welfare Organisation has not been coming in, complain beedi workers, who have a paltry earning and a hoard of health problems. A ground report.

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