Community Correspondents
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The Ground Realities of Digital India
Four years since the launch of Digital India, a village in Chhatisgarh waits for electricity and stable mobile network.
Spike in Deliveries after Health Centre Gets Water Supply
A Health Centre in Chhattisgarh was running without regular water supply for three years, affecting the health and well-being of about ten villages.
The Boy who Cooks and Cleans – Gender Equality is not so hard
Rohit helps his mother and sister by doing the household chores, setting an example of gender equality in his patriarchal community.
Corrupt Contractor deprives village of Health Center
8 years ago the local government started work on a health centre in UsariBod village of Rajnandgaon district in Chattisgarh. A contractor was selected and paid money to start the work. 8 years later all the villagers can see are sludge-filled foundations, probably breeding mosquitoes to add to their woes....
Caught between the lines
Bastar is one of the districts worst affected by the current naxal conflict in the state of Chattisgarh. There has been no development for the tribals from Abujhmad region. Their traditional handicrafts business is also diminishing. With Abujhmad’s sources of livelihood curtailing, 25 such families have already migrated to Silpi village....
Good Deeds over ‘Good Caste’
The enforcement of any disability arising out of Untouchability shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law as per the Article 17 of the Indian Constitution. It was drafted in 1949 specifically to eradicate & abolish the practice of Untouchability. Yet 65 years later, the practice still reigns in...
Help Palsingh get a tricycle
As a child you might have participated in three-legged races where your legs are tied together. 10 – 15 kids desperately hopping to finish line. Some give up while others are determined to reach the finish line. Now imagine doing that for the rest of your lives… Not that funny...
Village Headman facing discrimination
“In happiness or in suffering, we are always kept aside,” says Kinsuram Chow the village head of Domha Tola village in Chattisgarh who is facing the burden of being born into a caste considered and treated as “untouchables” in India. Even though Kinsuram is working hard to make his village...