May 2018
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Adivasi Community in Odisha Stakes Claim to Forest Land, Wins
The Forest Rights Act entitles Adivasi and forest-dwelling communities to both individual and community land ownership, but the process, mostly, is a long-winding one.
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Justice Elusive when ‘Security Forces’ are Involved
Nine years ago in Shopian, two women from the same family were raped and murdered. There has been no justice since, and that is what they say is justice denied.
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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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Nomadic Community Deprived of Access to Safe Water
Women and girls across the world spend 200 million hours every day fetching water; what is worse is that in many cases, this water, often contaminated, only leads to disease.
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Locked and Defunct: How Panchayats Work in Pulwama
Ever since the Panchayati Raj Act was adopted, the panchayat buildings in this Pulwama village are regularly painted and maintained; only to open for elections.
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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.
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Bihar Government’s Blindspot on the Arsenic Poisoning Map
Alarming groundwater arsenic levels are spelling a death sentence in Bihar. In West Champaran, where the arsenic levels are higher than the accepted levels, there is neither prevention or cure.