Khabar Lahariya

How did a single person’s efforts lead to a forest spanning five acres in Bundelkhand, a region notorious for its arid geography, sparse rainfall, and decade-long droughts?

Up-close with Shivdevi, a seasoned Khabar Lahariya reporter, and her fascinating, inspiring journey from a neo-literate Dalit woman to a journalist on the beat, atop her Scooty.

The students run around 12 batches, and teach some 500 children from bastis around the campus.

We followed the 23-year-old Punam, shortly after she returned home, victorious.

Fighting prejudice and discrimination in rural Uttar Pradesh, one woman rises above it all in a field lorded over by her male peers – journalism

Meet specially-abled sportsman Jitendra - a resident of a remote hamlet in Lalitpur, who is not missing his bounce despite lack of government support.

A ritual carefully put into place by the powerful on the powerless, one that had magnified over the decades, instilling hate, fear and anger.

Spending a day at the dance academy in rural Uttar Pradesh that runs on sheer passion, tinged with rebellion and the drive of youth. Oh, and Michael Jackson.

We have come to meet her, because she is all of 23. If a working mahila pradhan is still unusual in these parts, then a 23-year-old mahila pradhan calls for a downright celebration.

An Independence Day Special: "I have fought my family. I have fought the system. I have fought social mores"