Livelihood

A young woman in Barpali, Odisha, has taken to digital tools and technology to take her community’s local art to global heights. Aviral Mittal explores further.

The inhumane and degrading profession of “manual scavenging” is still a reality for many Indians. India Fellow Aishwarya talks about how one such manual scavenger decided to quit the profession for a better life, and inspire others in the process.

Ipsha Samaj Kalyan Kendra in Patna is helping underprivileged women become independent by conducting different training courses.

Divya Rawat is using mushroom cultivation as a way of curbing migration and providing livelihoods to people in Uttarakhand. This is also helping repopulate many 'ghost villages' in the state.

Shahrukh is a young boy who bears the burden of supporting his family, while also giving hope for a better future to the children of his community.

It is impossible for regular people to fathom the kind of life an Indian soldier leads on Siachen, the highest battlefield on earth. So, when many of these retired soldiers come back to civilian life, and work as security guards and owners of neighbourhood Mother Dairy booths, it falls on every citizen of this country to give them the utmost respect and dignity.

Sunny Splendor is a great piece of engineering – a solar vehicle that works as a mobile shop for people with disabilities to start up small businesses and earn a living. It was designed by Hari Vasudevan of Ostrich Mobility, and this is how it works.

This software developer left his cushy life in San Jose and came back home to help farmers.

Thinking of ways to help someone earn a better and more sustainable living? Here is your chance. You can now ‘gift a livelihood’ to any one person who you think has the capability and the passion to achieve a lot more in life than what he/she is already doing. All it needs are a few clicks.

Prominent designers like Ritu Kumar, Tarun Tahiliani, Anita Dongre and many more are going back to the roots to bring traditional weavers in the limelight and revive the beautiful, ancient weaving techniques that are getting lost.