Tag: poverty

Deulewale – An Unheard Community

 
/ December 3, 2010

This video tells the story of the Deulwale (temple folks) – an invisible community of India.

Sanjhi Art: A Symbolic Gender Equalizer

 
/ December 1, 2010

Traditional Indian art form Sanjhi helps create gender sensitivity.

Forest Act Does Little For Tribals

 
/ November 30, 2010

Forest tribes of Chhattisgarh wait endlessly for the government to return their land that was once forcibly taken away.

Ration Corruption Continues in Rural Orissa

 
/ November 22, 2010

Below Poverty Line villagers in Cuttack district are constantly cheated of their allotted rations.

Dam Built, Tribals Damned

 
/ November 19, 2010

Villagers displaced by the Mogra dam project have still not been rehabilitated five years later.

Corruption Hinders BPL scheme

 
/ November 17, 2010

BPL cards are not issued to those who need them most.

Women’s Market: So Close, Yet So Far!

 
/ November 16, 2010

Tribal women seek access to India’s only all women’s market in Manipur.

No Home For Chattisgarh’s Poor

 
/ November 12, 2010

Corrupt officials in rural Chattisgarh punish poor villagers for raising voice against corruption, deny them housing.