Archive

Untouchability Captured on Camera, Rajasthan

 
/ January 5, 2011

Dalit women are made to remove their footwear as they pass by upper caste houses.

Women Master Art Of Farming

 
/ January 4, 2011

Women break into male domain of agriculture and set up a farming cooperative in Bihar.

Solar Technology Secures Crops

 
/ January 3, 2011

In a remote  village of Goa, farmers use solar technology to safeguard their crops from wild animals.

Women Stop Liquor Menace

 
/ December 30, 2010

Women in Chhattisgarh, India successfully get the local liquor brewery shut down after a four day protest.

Bikaner Heritage in Ruins

 
/ December 29, 2010

The term ‘Haveli’ is used for a private mansion. It is derived from Persian meaning “an enclosed place”.

Devadasi: A Life Without Education

 
/ December 28, 2010

The outlawed tradition of ‘devdasi’ which sanctions religious prostitution continues in rural Maharashtra.

Tamil’s Transgender Community

 
/ December 27, 2010

Indian society has a 4000-year history of pushing its male to female transgender community into becoming Hijra.

Vibrant Nagas of Manipur

 
/ December 24, 2010

Achungmei, who belongs to the Naga tribe in Manipur, shares some key aspects of her community, culture and identity.