Tag: allahabad

Exploiting The Poor In The Name Of Festivity

 
/ April 11, 2011

During Kumbh Mela festival, cleaners are hired with total disrespect for labour laws.

Exploitation Of Beedi Workers

 
/ March 29, 2011

Beedi workers in Ghurpur, UP, earn less than the minimum wage and have no access to schemes set up for them.

Government Plays with Power, Dalits Displaced

 
/ March 8, 2011

The government and a power company are forcefully acquiring Dalit land, leading to violence.

Price Rise Leaves Poor Hungry

 
/ January 21, 2011

Radical price rise of food drastically affects the lives of the poor in Allahabad.

Memorials of Freedom Fighters In Ruins

 
/ December 15, 2010

The city of Allahabad ignores the martyrs who fought for its independence. .

Clay Figurines: The Threatened Craft

 
/ December 2, 2010

Heritage craft of Lucknow, India needs patronage, preservation.

Eco-friendly Twist to Ancient Tradition

 
/ November 18, 2010

A spiritual leader from Fatehpur  modifies an ancient tradition of idol-immersion to beat pollution.

Childhood Confined To Four Walls

 
/ October 18, 2010

59 children in a government-run orphanage in India’s Allahabad await a new home and a better life.