NEWS BY THOSE WHO LIVE IT
World Youth Skill Day: “Sustain Ancestral Skill or Earn Livelihood?” Question Next Gen Banaras Weavers
On World Youth Skill Day, young weavers from Banaras talk about their dilemma between sustaining their ancestral skill of weaving or earning a better livelihood with a different skill.
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Extreme Caste Discrimination Leaves Puri’s Dalits Threatened and Looted
One of India’s biggest religious hubs, Puri, is also a hub for atrocities against Dalits by upper caste individuals.
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Athai: Raised Platform Reserved for Men Making It a Mascot for Patriarchy
Menstruation becomes the reason for women exclusion at Athai, and public places in Rampur, Rajasthan, barring them to participate in any decision making.
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Domestic Violence: Tale of Two Women
Brihaspati Sardar and Kamla Sardar from West Bengal faced domestic violence. They talk about the physical-emotional assault and their individual perspectives.
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Betel Nut Trees Chopped down by Goa Forest Department Angers Residents
Residents of Sanguem block of South Goa staged a protest when the Forest department axed their hereditary betel nut trees.
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Taxing Agriculture: Farmers Forced to Pay Water Tax but Receive No Water
There seems to be no end for the decade long water crisis for the farmers of Bandhaberna village, Sundergarh, Odisha.
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Human-Elephant Conflict Rises Again in Jharkhand’s Khunti Village.
Khunti village in Jharkhand was raided by elephants leaving a child injured and causing economic loss to the farmer.
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Playing Against Patriarchy: Muslim Girls own the ‘Male Space’ by Playing Football
In Kolkata’s Rajabazar, Muslim girls have formed a football team to fight against patriarchal norms.
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Open Defecation Free? People From a Village in Madhya Pradesh, Still Forced to Go in...
In Madhya Pradesh’s Dhehadi Amdhana village, the Swachh Bharat Mission has failed to provide household toilets despite the state’s Open Defecation Free status.