Rural India

Community-managed rice banks in several areas of Patna district in Bihar have released hundreds of Dalit families from the exploitative practices of powerful landlords by ensuring food during the lean season. Mohd Imran Khan takes a closer look.

Started by Moroccan entrepreneur and engineer Moushine Serrar, Prakti Design designs, manufactures and distributes energy-efficient, low-cost and low-smoke cook stoves in rural India.

A Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action programme implemented independently through a health, education, and employment centre has transformed Nandangram village in West Bengal by growing high-quality farm produce. Dhruba Dasgupta finds out more.

The quest to make India open-defecation-free continues. An organisation is contributing to the drive by offering a unique and sustainable solution in Rajasthan’s villages — EcoSan toilets.

In times when piling garbage and dump yards have become a grave issue, citizens of Edatheruvu village have been running a unique system for the last five years.

Depression is a severe problem for large swathes of India’s population, especially in rural India. However, it is time to overcome stigma and reluctance to discuss the disorder openly and help victims overcome it as soon as possible.

As a woman in rural India, life doesn’t give you choices. You either stand up and create your own choices, or you stay put and give in. Lalita created hers by swimming against the current of life in the village she comes from, and getting an education that guaranteed her independence.

70 % of India’s population still lives in rural villages. However, for all the amenities provided by urbanisation and modernisation, rural India can still teach urban India a thing or two about how to live a good life.

Developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, this portable device is being adopted by firms to facilitate easier ECG reading and expert consultation from remote areas.

Cal Brackin talks about joining a school in rural Tamil Nadu that promotes holistic youth development through traditional Kattaikkuttu theatre as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India.