Poverty
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UP’s Musahars face such intense discrimination that even healthcare is denied to them
Tarun Kanti Bose
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Space to grow: How Odisha’s seasonal hostels are helping curb child migration and child labour
Rakhi Ghosh
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How cultivating watermelon has changed lives of poor villagers in Odisha’s hunger belt
Rakhi Ghosh
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India is a grossly unequal country – and it shows in the quality of healthcare for poor mothers
Rahul Ahluwalia Yamini Atmavilas Nachiket Mor
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Around the world, traditional fisheries are throwing away fish that could feed those in poverty
Richard K.F. Unsworth, The Conversation Benjamin L. Jones, The Conversation Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, The Conversation
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Watch: A child nicknamed ‘Ice Boy’ is recognised as China’s youngest face of poverty
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Trump Jr believes India’s poorest people are unique. Apparently they are always smiling
Scroll Staff
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India’s rising inequality is taking the shine off its growth story even in the world’s eyes
Riaz Hassan
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Why women’s unpaid work is fuelling poverty – and how clean cooking gas can help
Akshay Kohli Chandrima Das
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Hollywood heist or chilling reality? Watch this hard-hitting film about the impact of tax evasion
Scroll Staff
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Southeast China villagers asked to replace posters of Jesus with Xi Jinping’s to escape poverty
Scroll Staff
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Lost childhood: Many Pakistani girls still have children in their teens, and suffer for it
Murtaza Haider
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In Delhi, a bank run by street children for street children
Barcroft TV
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In Pakistan’s cotton fields, lack of protective gear and lax laws are making women pickers sick
Saleem Shaikh, Thomson Reuters Foundation Sughra Tunio, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Inequality is now a prime concern for top economists – and they feel universal basic income may help
Steve Schifferes, The Conversation
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A man in Delhi has converted a footpath into a school for the underprivileged children
Barcroft TV
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Can tourism alleviate global poverty? Only if the money goes to the poorer countries
Susanne Becken, The Conversation
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When do upper middle-class urban youngsters start thinking of themselves as poor?
Gayatri Jayaraman
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How PC Mahalanobis devised a survey that has helped India measure inequality for decades
University of Cambridge
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First read: This passage shows why Neel Mukherjee’s ‘A State of Freedom’ takes a knife to your gut
Neel Mukherjee