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Tea Gardens of North Bengal: A Hotbed of Human Trafficking
Tea gardens that once brewed the world-famous Darjeeling tea have now become a hotbed for trafficking, owing to the undermining of labour rights and rising deprivation.
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Fined, Threatened, Intimidated for Claiming their Rights
18 families in a Madhya Pradesh village are struggling to formalise the ownership of the land on which they live and cultivate, under the Forest Rights Act.
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Living with Food Insecurity in Uttar Pradesh
Many residents of Shivpuri village in Uttar Pradesh are living in vulnerability without the food security that comes with having a ration card.
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Project: “Journalists, Intermediaries, and Advocates in Rural India” Principal Investigator: Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, University of Virginia Partner Organization: Video Volunteers (https://videovolunteers.org/) Are you interested in Action Research? Excited about community journalism and local politics? This is a great opportunity to work with both academics and one of India’s leading NGOs on...
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The Not-so-ideal Situation of the Adarsh Gram Yojana
More than three years after the Prime Minister asked each Member of Parliament to adopt one village and eventually more, has the plan really worked?
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Can a Thread Tie Modernisation and Tradition Together?
As more and more communities become ‘modern’, a civilisation as old as India runs the risk of losing its age-old cultures. Is there a way for societies to progress without getting stuck in the past?
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Health-Worker’s Appointment Boosts Maternal Health in Bengal Village
The appointment of an ASHA worker in Madhupur village is helping the community, especially women, make informed decisions about healthcare. Here’s how the village got an ASHA worker.
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Delayed Payments Dampen Health Workers’ Motivation
Frontline health workers, especially ASHA workers, literally spell hope for millions in rural India, but the government does little to keep them incentivised.