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K Rajendran, Thomson Reuters Foundation

A year after Kerala floods, many survivors are even ‘afraid to hear the sound of rain’

The 2018 calamity left in its wake a mental health crisis that the authorities are trying to address with community-based care.

K Rajendran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Aug 19, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Kerala’s farmers have found a unique way to keep marauding elephants away – scaring them with bees

After trenches and solar-powered electric fences failed, residents found a way to take the sting off the pachyderms.

K Rajendran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jan 23, 2018 · 07:30 pm
In a Kerala ‘goat village’, Adivasis make sure they get the right price for hardy Indian goats

Cutting out the middleman has helped rural people survive as they face worsening heat and drought.

K Rajendran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Mar 02, 2017 · 11:30 pm