Tag: Exploitation

What will happen if there is no water?

 
/ September 6, 2016

What will happen when there is no water? The acute scarcity of water in Jharkhand has brought its citizens face to face with this apocalyptic situation. As the state’s water sources dry up, residents of many villages are being forced to use contaminated water.  Basanti Hunni takes viewers to Urikel, a village...

Bribed but denied – 50 elders of Jharkhand village without pension, ration

 
/ April 29, 2016

Deocharan Manjhi, an old man in a village in Jharkhand struggles to survive but his struggle isn’t so much as physical, as much as fighting for a dignified survival. It has been many years since Manjhi has been unsuccessful in applying for the old age Pension Scheme to get his...

The Great Indian Education Crisis: RTE

 
/ June 14, 2013

80 videos on the lack of education facilities in India and counting. Here’s why VV thinks a campaign to invigorate the Right to Education Act is necessary As he studied at a night school in Mumbai, Amol Lalzare also juggled several odd jobs during the day tosupport his family. His lifelong dream...

Binayak Sen On IndiaUnheard

 
/ July 29, 2011

Our Community Correspondent, Sarwat Naqvi, talks to recently released human rights activist Binayak Sen.

Resisting Exploitation In The Maximum City

 
/ July 26, 2011

In Mumbai, workers employed by the biggest biomedical waste treatment factory are on strike, demanding better work conditions.

Corruption Undermines MNREGA

 
/ July 13, 2011

After two months of work under the MGNREGA, villagers in Bahar Tola have not received any wage.

Injured Electrician Fights For Compensation

 
/ June 13, 2011

In Solan, Jag Bahadur hasn’t received any compensation after being electrocuted.

Goa’s Mines Bleed Its Environment Dry

 
/ June 8, 2011

Unmonitored mining has boomed in Goa in recent years and has had dire effects on the environment.