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As intensive agriculture spreads across India, there is an urgent need to encourage rainwater harvesting to irrigate multiple crops instead of the current unsustainable practice of groundwater extraction Dinabandhu Karmakar A water harvesting structure in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh… Continue Reading →
Young women have brought about a change in the mindset of rural men and women in Assam about menstrual hygiene and steered the women towards better hygiene with reusable cloth pads Abdul Gani A young girl in Pamohi village stitches… Continue Reading →
FacebookTwitterWhatsAppShare247 In a significant development in the Ram Janmabhoomi–Babri Masjid case, the Supreme Court is considering whether the law laid down in paras 75 to 82 of its 1994 judgment in Ismail Faruqui v. Union of India should be revisited by a… Continue Reading →
Assamese rural youth who once worked with insurgent outfits are giving up their gun-fueled violent ways and taking to banana cultivation for a peaceful and dignified livelihood Abdul Gani Goalpara, Assam Debabrat Rabha in his banana plantation in Goalpara district…. Continue Reading →
Women in rural Nalanda are popularizing the use of a traditional grinding stone to pound flour out of roasted gram, providing a healthier alternative to machine-ground sattu and earning a livelihood for themselves Mohd Imran Khan A woman uses… Continue Reading →
by Varun Chirumamilla FacebookTwitterWhatsAppShare92 Professor Kancha Ilaiah has never been one to mince words. But when he termed Banias as “social smugglers”, he started receiving death threats and abusive phone calls. His book Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu drew flak from sections of society, leading to the… Continue Reading →
Jharkhand kitchen gardens add nutrition to food basket Kitchen gardens tended by women in Gumla district boost rural diets by providing a rich variety of local cereals, pulses and vegetables, cut expenditure on purchases while improving their nutritional status Soumi… Continue Reading →
Stepping into an all-male preserve, mechanic Meerabai Meena of Padoona village in Udaipur district traverses hilly terrain every day, repairing hand pumps to ensure safe drinking water for residents in five villages Jyoti Rajput Oct 13, 2017 Udaipur, Rajasthan Meerabai… Continue Reading →
Judicious use of wild uncultivated foods and revival of indigenous crops are helping the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri to boost food security beyond their successful campaign against mining giant Vedanta Abhijit Mohanty Dongria women at a seed festival. (Photo… Continue Reading →
Has the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, aimed at all-round development of three villages chosen by each Member of Parliament, made any significant impact on the ground? Sanjiv Phansalkar Parliamentarians adopting villages in their constituencies for holistic development is yet to… Continue Reading →