The restoration of daily pay has increased the necessity for developing sustainable rural livelihoods. In addition to bringing unemployment, poverty, and misery to the lives of impoverished families living in villages across India, labourers and migratory workers from closed-down cities also do so. The COVID-19 breakout situation has highlighted how important their work is in […]

So, you’re probably thinking, why another week of promoting healthy eating? Well, the answer to that is simple – it has become all-important to do so. The average Indian diet is not just unhealthy but also unbalanced. In other words, there’s too much of some things and not enough of others. The result? An alarming […]

Poverty and its effects are one of the biggest challenges facing India today. One in every four Indians lives in poverty. And that number is only growing. The World Bank estimates that by 2021, the number of people in India living below the poverty line will increase to 280 million people — or nearly half […]

In recent years India has reported a strong growth in economy but is still struggling to handle the problem of Malnutrition and food insecurity. Sustaining growth and nutrition requires tons of effort and proper human development. Only continuous growth in the economy will not be able to provide food security to the nation. Out of […]

Story: Arushi Narchal/Pankhuri Tapun Mondal, 60, is a farmer who resides in the distant village of Sarkarpara in Sundarbans, West Bengal. As an avid reader, he keeps himself educated on the various farming trends and follows the path of chemical free farming. “ I have used both chemical as well as organic fertilizers for my […]

By: Md Mahfooz Alam The pandemic has been a very difficult time for 56-year old Sobhna and her husband Ramesh, who is disabled with both his legs. As a lone breadwinner, Sobhna somehow manages the bare minimum for her family by labouring hard as a road construction worker. But the pandemic took off her only […]

Written by: Md Mahfooz Alam , Story by: Arushi Narchal For a healthy lifestyle, we need to consume healthy food; however, the food that we consume these days is full of chemicals and pesticides which is not conducive to the human body. So how did crops which come from the agricultural field become contaminated? During […]

Written by: Kajol Tanaya; Story by: Arushi Narchal In the mid of September 2021, heavy and incessant rainfall in the East and West Medinipur area swell five rivers into breaching several embankments and flooding the two districts. Close to three lakh people from both states suffered homelessness and loss of livelihood resources due to the […]

Written By: Isha Sharma – Intern Story By: Pankhuri “I had forgotten what it felt like to play with friends. In my free time, I used to look for shade under a tree, to steal a quick nap.” Hailing from Chatrai village of Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh, Pranavi was used to a life of manual labour. […]