NEWS BY THOSE WHO LIVE IT
The Tussle Between Tribal and Hindu Gods
The indigenous Kondhs of Odisha face obstacles in continuing with their age-old worship rituals because they involve animal sacrifice.
Ailing Art of Jharkhand Needs Urgent Revival
The artisans of Jharkhand were on their way to script a success story thanks to a government initiative Jharcraft. But then in 2014, they lost a good leader, and then the government's support.
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Tragic Death of Two Children Motivates Community to Demand and Get School
The tragic death of two girls was the catalyst for transformation in a village in Uttar Pradesh to demand a school in their village, under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
Meet The Kashmiri Girl Who Wants To Be A Cricketing Star
Iqra Bano fights patriarchy and state neglect to pursue her dream of playing professional cricket.
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Home is Where We Must Start to Dismantle Patriarchy
This International Women’s Day, let’s radically transform our private spheres into equal spaces This women’s day are you feeling smothered by pink messages extolling your ‘feminine’ virtues? Are you besieged by offers to buy household and beauty products at great discounts? In the last hundred years, since the USSR, in...
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Goa Forest Warriors: A Community Guards its Forest
This World Forest Day, Goa shows India how communities can protect our precious forests
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Rural Pensioners of India Get a Raw Deal
Indian society prides itself on respecting elders, but the old-age pension hardly translates that respect into help.
Bringing News From Media-Dark Districts of India
Video Volunteers is India’s only reporting network that is focused exclusively on providing broad coverage for the poorest, most media-dark districts in India.