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Informal Waste-Pickers Finally Get Identity Cards
For three years, a group of women went around Nashik collecting waste from garbage dumps; their work is finally being recognised, thanks to a video.
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No Water for Bengal Tea Garden Despite Repeated Petitions
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Some of the richest tea gardens in the country cannot even assure clean drinking water to their employees, the local government is doing nothing either.
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Women die in Childbirth as Hospital lies Vacant in West Bengal
Doctors refuse posting to a small village in a border district of West Bengal even as people suffer due to lack of medical services.
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Without Clean Drinking Water, Village Residents Succumb to Diarrhoea
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Village goes without water supply for half a month, residents forced to draw water from nearby BSF camp or consume unsafe pond water. “India got its freedom in 1947, but we have no water even now”, says a visibly angry Ajit Soren, a resident of a West Bengal village. His...
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Only Iron-Contaminated Water for Village at Himalayan Foothills
For three years, this Bengal village has been thirsting. The handpumps spurt harmful, iron-rich water, and there is no pipeline water supply in sight.
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Village gets Ambulance Service Thanks to a Video, a Determined Community and a Willing State
Many risked their lives due to the lack of an affordable ambulance service in a village in West Bengal, but things turned around when Bikash Barman made a video.
Police Apathy and Stigma: Why Human Trafficking in India Continues Unabated
Everyday over 400 women and children go missing in India. Most of them remain untraced.
Fasting for Spouse’s Long Life? It’s a Woman’s Duty!
The Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti sees women fast and pray for their husbands’ well-being. Why is there no similar ritual for men?