By Jyotsna Richhariya
As many as 80 experts on rural governance and poverty alleviation assembled for a summit in the national capital prior to the 75th anniversary of India's freedom. The experts discussed measures needed to eradicate poverty in India before the country's 100th Independence Day. Here are the major takeaways from the event.
As many as 80 experts on rural governance and poverty alleviation assembled for a summit in the national capital prior to the 75th anniversary of India's freedom. The experts discussed measures needed to eradicate poverty in India before the country's 100th Independence Day. Here are the major takeaways from the event.
By Sai Vivek
Birding is a joy in any form whether we are watching them, photographing them, writing about them or doing illustrations of them.
Birding is a joy in any form whether we are watching them, photographing them, writing about them or doing illustrations of them.
By Laraib Fatima Warsi
The Jeevan Shiksha Pahal School in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh provides a safe space for children belonging to the Gond and Pardhi tribal communities to study and make a life for themselves away from the casteist slurs and discrimination they face at conventional schools.
The Jeevan Shiksha Pahal School in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh provides a safe space for children belonging to the Gond and Pardhi tribal communities to study and make a life for themselves away from the casteist slurs and discrimination they face at conventional schools.
By Satish Malviya
Following the sighting of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard in 1981, Karera Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district as a conservation effort. At least 32 villages fall within the boundaries of the sanctuary and want to be excluded from it. They have warned of a massive protest from April 15. But, why do they want the denotification? A ground report.
Following the sighting of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard in 1981, Karera Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district as a conservation effort. At least 32 villages fall within the boundaries of the sanctuary and want to be excluded from it. They have warned of a massive protest from April 15. But, why do they want the denotification? A ground report.
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 Aishwarya Tripathi
Kalpana who runs a ‘sanitary pad depot’ in Mirtala village, Uttar Pradesh, has become a confidante of the young girls there who are now able to freely discuss menstruation and personal hygiene issues with her without any hesitation. For the past three years, she has been selling sanitary pads at a cheaper cost to village women.
Kalpana who runs a ‘sanitary pad depot’ in Mirtala village, Uttar Pradesh, has become a confidante of the young girls there who are now able to freely discuss menstruation and personal hygiene issues with her without any hesitation. For the past three years, she has been selling sanitary pads at a cheaper cost to village women.
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 Manoj Choudhary
A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.
A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.
By Komal Jadhav
In this school in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in Maharashtra that has no roof, a young teacher enables children of labourers to read and write. A black board hung on a neem tree since 2019, is his classroom.
In this school in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in Maharashtra that has no roof, a young teacher enables children of labourers to read and write. A black board hung on a neem tree since 2019, is his classroom.
By Neelesh Misra
Son of a farmer, Manoj says buying vegetables helps him connect with the outside world and that keeps him rooted. He dislikes attending parties and social gatherings because he is too lazy to decide what clothes to wear, he says. He is someone who, in his own words, likes to keep it simple. He loves to laugh at himself, he cries. In a nutshell, he is as real as one can get
Son of a farmer, Manoj says buying vegetables helps him connect with the outside world and that keeps him rooted. He dislikes attending parties and social gatherings because he is too lazy to decide what clothes to wear, he says. He is someone who, in his own words, likes to keep it simple. He loves to laugh at himself, he cries. In a nutshell, he is as real as one can get