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Tarun Kanti Bose

In Dudhwa National Park, Tharu women are engaged in a long-standing fight for forest rights

Since the birth of the national park in 1978, the local inhabitants have been harassed, attacked and beaten by forest officials.

Tarun Kanti Bose
· Jan 14, 2023 · 11:30 pm
Fear of monkey fever hits Goa’s cashew plantations

While the monkeys and langurs destroy cashew crops, they transmit infected ticks to the cashew farmers and workers.

Tarun Kanti Bose
· Feb 02, 2019 · 02:30 pm
In Haryana’s Nuh, a helpline number is informing people of their rights, improving governance

An information centre is creating awareness about government schemes and has empowered villages to claim their rights.

Tarun Kanti Bose
· Aug 16, 2018 · 09:30 pm

UP’s Musahars face such intense discrimination that even healthcare is denied to them

Untouchability was outlawed in 1950, but discrimination and segregation of the scheduled caste remains pervasive.

Tarun Kanti Bose
· Jul 01, 2018 · 07:30 pm
In an agrarian village in West Bengal, river bank erosion has robbed locals of their livelihood

Anyone who can has migrated from the village, say residents, while those left behind struggle for money and food

Tarun Kanti Bose
· Jan 05, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Starting with deposits of Rs 5, Sakhi Mahila Bank has become an enabler of economic transformation

The bank has not only boosted rural women’s income but also their confidence.

Tarun Kanti Bose
· Dec 05, 2017 · 11:30 pm

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· Nov 15, 2017 · 08:30 pm
Art of survival: How embroidery work helps women artisans of Thar desert to overcome adversity

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In Dudhwa National Park, Tharu women are engaged in a long-standing fight for forest rights

Since the birth of the national park in 1978, the local inhabitants have been harassed, attacked and beaten by forest officials.

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While the monkeys and langurs destroy cashew crops, they transmit infected ticks to the cashew farmers and workers.

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In Haryana’s Nuh, a helpline number is informing people of their rights, improving governance

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Breaking long-held taboos and gender biases, girls of conservative Meo Muslim community in Alwar have convinced their parents to put them into school.

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Refugees from Sindh, Pakistan, these women have used their exquisite Kashida skills to build dignified lives in a harsh world.

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