June 2017
What’s in a Name – Identity, Respect and Patriarchy
The patriarchal politics of names and women's identity. Join the discussion on Twitter @videovolunteers on June 13, 1-2 PM.
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In an Electrified Village Eleven Families Continue to Live in Darkness
Call the Junior Engineer of Kushmi, Madhya Pradesh
Atal Jyoti Yojana has failed to deliver on its promise of 24 hours supply of power to eleven households in rural Madhya Pradesh. Every month Lallan Singh receives an electricity bill. The catch is that he has no access to electricity. Singh and ten other families in Sariha, a village...
Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway Promises Prosperity, But Spells Misery for Nashik Farmers Forced to Give Up Land
“The officials told me this Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway is the chief minister’s dream project. I am very sad, he seeks to fulfil his dreams by crushing ours.”
Dismantle Patriarchy: Years after Marriage, Women say their Husband’s Name for the First Time
Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar shares how women in Walhe village are breaking away from patriarchal cultural practices.
Ostracism in the Name of Respect
A woman is expelled from her marital home and shunned by her neighbours for addressing in-laws by their name.
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Solar Energy, a Cash Crop for Gujarat Farmers
Until 2012-13, Dhundi, a village in Gujarat's Kheda district, was unelectrified. Today they sell solar energy to the state grid.
Fishing for Green Solutions to Climate Change in Goa
Goa's locally rooted composting initiative is fighting climate change with composting.
Why are Indian Girls out of School?
For Rajkumari, a school drop-out, the future only holds the drudgery of household chores, early marriage and child rearing.