India reported 663 murders attributed to witch-hunts between 2015 and 2021. This comes to an average of 95 witch–hunt/witch-craft related deaths every year. Bihar was the first state to enact a law against this practice with a punishment of up to 6 months jail or Rs 2,000 fine! Still, women continue to be hunted down as witches. A ground report.

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.

स्कूल खोलना सुरक्षित है या नहीं यह सोचने से ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण है स्कूल खोलने के लिए अच्छी तैयारी करना। टीचर्स, सपोर्ट स्टाफ, बस ड्राइवर आदि को कोरोना की वैक्सीन लगी होनी चाहिए। कोरोना के सारे प्रोटोकॉल्स का पालन होना चाहिए।

Tribal residents in Odisha’s Rayagada are able to supplement their livelihoods by producing tasty and marketable cakes from using tamarind which is abundantly found in the forest areas of Bissamcuttack and Kashipur blocks. Details here.

Inability of a student to take notes from the blackboard urged a teacher to look deeper into the issue. The teacher realised that her student was struggling with the her vision and timely medical measures ensured that at present she is not merely able to see clearly but also envisage her bright future.

While India is the biggest producer of sugar in the world, its staggering dometic demand makes it the second biggest exporter. The states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra contribute the lion’s share when it comes to state-wise production. Gaon Connection traces the visual journey of sugarcane which is processed into jaggery at thousands of rudimentary factories spread across the sugarcane belt in western Uttar Pradesh.

Discussions pertaining to the heart and heart-related ailments without the mention of garlic and Arjuna are inadequate. The two are said to be the heart’s true companions. Whether it is a remote village of India or some tribal region, learned people always talk first of garlic and Arjuna as a cure for various heart ailments

The principal of a private school in a small town in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, is not only working for the cause of education, but is also a leading participant in a movement to spread awareness about mental health awareness amongst rural inhabitants in Rajasthan as well as Haryana and Punjab.

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