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Malnourished Democracy
The death of an eleven-year-old in Jharkhand has once again focused attention on the abysmal performance of the world's largest democracy in fighting hunger and malnourishment. But what happens once the media's glare shifts?
Child-care centre functions under a thatched roof hut in Bihar
In Bihar’s Darbhanga district, over 20 children are trying hard to learn the basic numerics in a dilapidated hut. But it is proving difficult for these 6-year-olds as the heat intensifies on the thatching of the dilapidated hut. It comes as a shock that this dilapidated hut of Dhanalia village...
No morsel of food for tea-garden workers in Bengal
As we sip our morning tea in comforts of our home, tea workers in this tea estate of North Bengal are struggling to survive, eating dried leaves as their meal because their only source of income, the tea estates, owned by Duncans Industries Ltd have shut down since last year...
Corruption Keeps Hungry Waiting
National Food Security system fails to provide for communities in Gairsson, Uttarakhand.
Corruption Cripples Anganwadis
Irregular supplies to Anganwadis put women and children at risk.