Rural women in India’s Maharashtra state get to play and dance – normally considered a taboo – on Nag Panchami.
Every year the Pandharpur yatra of Maharashtra generates an enormous pile of garbage, making people sick in dozens of villages.
In 2005, India ‘eliminated’ leprosy. But in rural belt, large number of leprosy cases go unregistered.
India is a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society.The great diversity is often reflected in the number of festivals and ceremonies.
Women cast outside of society receive little support from the government.
At this moment, India has a relatively low level AIDS prevalence rate in comparison to other countries.
Devdasi is the institutionalized practice of exploiting women by religious organizations and temples.
Officials in Nagpur’s education department siphon money from education funds for personal gain.
