Millions of people live in India’s forestlands, but have no legal right to their homes, lands or livelihoods. “We have 5 acres of land but we don’t have any land entitlement records. We were unable to reap the crop this year. It all got decayed. We sowed one quintal of...
Started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program, the Anganwadi is an all-encompassing health care centre for settlements. Its goals are vital and comprehensive: to combat child nutrition and hunger, to provide basic health care, and to offer pre-school education.The main beneficiaries...
In 1975 the Indian government decided as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to introduce the Anganwadi scheme. The aim was to combat child hunger and malnutrition by providing basic health care in Indian villages. The following were encompassed in the scheme: contraceptive counseling and supply, nutrition education and supplementation,...
This is a video testimony of Dalit rights activist Sanjay Khobragade who was set on fire on 17th May 2014 by six members of the ‘higher-caste’ Powar community. This statement was recorded before he passed away on 23rd May. “The six people from the ‘higher’ Powar Caste murdered my father...
Having to travel 3km daily in the burning sun, through jungles and mountains on treacherous terrains to get to school in another town? Breaking your arm or leg on the way? Sound like fun? Sound like an adventure? Welcome to the reality for children from Thana Dalel Village, Tamia Block,...
“I’m very worried. I have two grandchildren. We are not getting up to 16-17 kilos of our entitled ration.” This is the situation for people like this grandmother from Basia Village, Madhya Pradesh where the salesman in charge of distributing rations has been absent for six months now. The salesman,...
13-year-old Nirama lives in Movaiya village, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh where 500 people have no access to basic sanitation facilities. For Nirama, having to relieve herself in the open is an added challenge as she is visually impaired. She is afraid of being teased and more seriously, of being sexually...
Imagine having to sludge your way through 1 km. of wet mud everyday to get to school. Imagine arriving all dirty and being sent back home by the teacher. Imagine the authorities not doing anything about the dirt track that is the main road in your community. This is the...
