Women At The Grassroots
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Jal Sahelis: Women in parched Bundelkhand villages are leading the charge for water conservation
A network of women is reviving water harvesting techniques and traditional water bodies in the drought-ridden region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Kanchan Srivastava
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Rural employment: As opportunities drop, women pay the highest price
An increasing number of women in Indian villages are being left with few options except low-paid and erratic farm work.
Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com
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A school teacher is spearheading a women-led turmeric farming movement in Meghalaya
Trinity Saioo, from Mulieh village, guides 800 women in her state in cultivating the indigenous Lakadong variety of turmeric.
Sahana Ghosh
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A celebrity fitness instructor offers five rules of fitness for everyone
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Why a celebrated Russian artist chose to become an Indian citizen
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Months after controversy, IIT-Bombay sets aside space for those eating vegetarian food
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‘Kumari Srimathi’ review: An entertaining comedy laced with welcome tartness
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‘The Vaccine War’ review: The real battle is elsewhere
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A 24-year-old woman is leading the way in documenting the biodiversity of a small Goan island
Hycintha Aguiar is in charge of putting together a people’s biodiversity register, which is mandated by law but is not known about in many states.
Sahana Ghosh
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Purulia’s ‘nachaniyas’ take up dancing to escape poverty – but find a life of exploitation instead
Their lives and bodies under the control of their masters, folk dancers also face societal discrimination.
Gurvinder Singh
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In India and Tanzania, women’s NGOs are ushering in development – and not getting credit for it
Research shows they are easily marginalised by other partners once the project takes off.
Dr. Bipasha Baruah, The Conversation & Dr. Kate Grantham, The Conversation
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Watch: Hyderabad police personnel dance with crowd during Ganesh immersion procession
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Watch: In Bengaluru, man gets pizza delivered to his car while it was stuck in traffic jam
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‘You want to keep an alien as a pet?’: Comedian imagines the struggles parents might face in 2050
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Watch: Man helps dugong calf stranded on Tamil Nadu beach back into the sea
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Watch: Pakistan cricket team gets warm welcome in Hyderabad as they arrive in India for World Cup
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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
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In the flood-ravaged Sunderbans, women often have to face the biggest brunt of the destruction
After men migrate for work, women of Mousuni Island in West Bengal have to struggle for survival.
Sayanti Sengupta & Nirmalya Choudhury
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Dalit women panchayat leaders in Tamil Nadu have defied discrimination – and even death
Women have emerged from the shadows and are carving a singular path as local leaders.
Bhanupriya Rao, IndiaSpend.com
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Meet Kajubai, the health worker who has been saving Gadchiroli's babies since 1994
Local health activists have demonstrated that simple and scientific interventions rooted in community practices can save lives and improve health.
Aashish Gupta and Kanika Sharma
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Why over one lakh rural women in Bihar sent postcards to Prime Minister Modi
Concerns rise over the shutting down of 26-year-old Mahila Samakhya, hailed as one of the country's most successful women’s empowerment programmes.
Aarefa Johari