Five years ago, an insurance agent came to my house to convince me to get life...
What’s Happening With One Nation One Ration Card Scheme
The famed One Nation One Ration, implemented since 2019, has seen little success on ground. A glimpse of our field experiences in Kerala
सालों बाद पास हुआ वनाधिकार का वैयक्तिक दावा
देश के अलग-अलग राज्यों में बहुत से आदिवासी समुदाय है, जो आज भी जंगल में रहते...
Learning From Wipro Partners’ Meet 2022
Education system of India - has it ever not been a hot topic? I can go as far...
Financial Literacy – Necessity Of The Hour
Trigger Warning: Suicide, Death, Distress Ramesh Lal*, his wife and their four...
GPDP: An Instrument For Development Of Panchayats
GPDP process being facilitated It is mandatory for the Gram Panchayats to...
A Library That Nurtures Choice And Freedom
I bleakly recall the image of me as a child looking with awe at the...
A How-To Guide If You Are Beginning To Understand Mental Health
While growing up, I had many close friends through school and college who have...
Understanding What Primary Health Care Means
80% of the diseases can be prevented or cured at the primary level only. And that is why corporates cannot provide primary care as providing primary care would affect the profit that they can make through secondary or tertiary careA doctor in an intense discussion...
ई-श्रम क्या हैं?
https://open.spotify.com/show/37Dw12K7Lx5aIZhVdiIqrf?si=gEGh75VpSSezRNFehWyjDw The e-Shram card was brought in by the central government in August 2021 posing as an answer to the enumeration of migrant workers and consolidated social security benefits for all...
Is It Possible To Eliminate Tuberculosis By 2025?
दीदी, इस बिमारी से कोई बचता नहीं है। हमने तो बहुत करीब से देखा है। मुझे डर है की मैं ठीक नहीं होऊंगा। [Didi, nobody survives this disease. I have seen it up close. I'm afraid that I won't get well]. These were the words spoken by Rajan*, as he sat across from me in...
स्त्रियाँ बाहर जाने से कतराती हैं! कारण क्या है?
ट्रिंगर वॉर्निंग- आर्टिकल में सेक्शुअल वायलेंस का ज़िक्र है। आज मैं एक ऐसे मुद्दे की बात करने जा रही हूं, जो मुझे और मेरे आसपास की युवतियों, स्त्रियों और LGBTQIA समुदाय के ज़ुबान पर ना सही मगर दिल में एक कसक के तौर पर हमेशा से रहा है। बात है हैरसमेंट की:...
Kambadiya Devipujaks : The Worshippers Of Devi
Most of my time spent in Kutch is with the communities on urban Bhuj, specifically slum areas. I go for regular visits to their places to meet the Kishoris (adolscent girls). As part of my project with Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), we work towards the...
Barricades : Safety On One Side, Inconvenience On The Other
If you’re heading towards any residential part of south Delhi at any time post 10 PM, then even Google Maps will not be able to help you with the directions. Only someone who is a regular and knows every nook and corner of the area can get you out of the maze that...
Possible Consequences Of Women Not Knowing Their Bodies
I was on a patient visit, to understand why some of our TB diagnosed patients were not consuming their medicines and to further motivate them to eat, take care and routinely consume their medicines. On one such visit we came across a home besides a corn field where a...
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Batik From The Lanes Of Ujjain [A Photo Story]
The word 'Batik' which translates to wax writing is a form of wax resist dyeing of fabric. Even though the exact point of origin of Batik is still undiscovered, the history can be traced back to two thousand years ago in countries like India, Indonesia and Japan...
How India’s Forgotten Eco-Mark Scheme Can Help Raise Environmental Awareness
Over time, I have had the opportunity to speak with a lot of people from varied backgrounds and different mindset's regarding the environment. While some of them deeply resonate with me when I say we are spoiling the environment, some of them say that there is always...
Leveraging Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Development Sector
A Public Private Partnership (PPP) is essentially a contractual relationship between a public sector authority and one or more private parties. In the development sector, the concept shifts the role of the government bodies from delivering services directly, to...
Lessons To Prevent the Next Migrant Crisis : #TheKeralaModel
Much has been said, researched, opined post the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns about the impact of Covid on millions of lives; pushing an estimated 230 million people into poverty in India. Migrant workers, being one of the most vulnerable and diverse populations,...
Swachhta Will Be A Dream If We Don’t Flush Out The Inequality In India’s Public Toilets
You’ve been running errands for the last two hours in your city’s local market area, and now feel the need to pee. Home is a 45-minute metro ride away, and you can’t wait for that long. But you see the signboards for a public toilet within walking distance. What do...
I Reached Out To Consumers To Understand India’s Plastic Problem
Is Just A Ban On Plastic Enough? It’s the 2080s and you’re sitting in the community park as your granddaughter plays catch with her friends. You look around — the pathway is tidy with green trees and clean dustbins, the lake flourishing with fish, swans and plants....
Har Cheez Mein Caste Mat dekho
TW: Mentions of casteism एतद् देशप्रसूतस्य सकाशादग्रजन्मनः । स्वं स्वं चरित्रं शिक्षेरन् पृथिव्यां सर्वमानवाः ll139ll {2.20} From a first-born (i.e. a Brahmana), born in that country Let all men on earth learn their respective duties.(Chapter 1, page 73, Manusmriti)...