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Ten Years and Counting, a Community’s Wait for Basic Healthcare
Over ten years since it was build, a public health facility in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district remains shut. What will it take for the administration to swing into action?
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Why Farmer Suicides Continue in Uttar Pradesh
Despite Uttar Pradesh government’s loan waiver scheme, a farmer eligible for the scheme remains trapped in a debt-cycle.
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A ‘Medicine-Free’ Way of Life
In response to the increasing dependency on medication and growing burden of lifestyle diseases, ‘medicine-free life’ empowers people to take charge of their health.
Kalaroos: A Mystery in the Mountains of Kupwara
A set of caves in Kashmir’s Kupwara district may be the key to an ancient, underground passage to Russia; and to archaeological secrets.
Bihar’s Saat Nishchay Yojana Cuts a Sorry Picture
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s pet project, the ‘seven commitments’ towards development, does not reach the state’s most disenfranchised communities.
The Cruel Reality of Resettlement and Rehabilitation in India
In the wake of heavy rainfall 2005, this village in Maharashtra was washed away; its 2000 odd residents wait for rehabilitation to this day.
Uttar Pradesh Fails to Ensure Food Security Amidst Rising Hunger
A village in Kushinagar lives on the brink of malnourishment as the Public Distribution System fails to deliver to the most disenfranchised. Or, fails to ensure last mile service delivery.
This West Bengal Village has a Dirt Track for a Road
Khairamari village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district has never had a road, except a dirt track that the government cleared out 20 years ago.