Gumla

Now, the villagers of Bhinjpur have light bulbs, television and the latest electrical gadgets. The kitchens of their houses have been upgraded, and the women can be seen using mixers instead of mortar and pestles, and cooling water in fridges.

Farmers' financial conditions and resultant suicides worried him and he decided to do something about it.

Kitchen gardens tended by women in Gumla district boost rural diets by providing a rich variety of local cereals, pulses and vegetables.

An organisation is trying to empower women in rural Jharkhand by encouraging them to set up small-scale rice hulling enterprises.

Sanjeeta Kumari, alias Guddi, escaped the Maoists in Jharkhand to enroll in a school in secrecy. She paid the ultimate price for this choice of books over guns – she was found and shot by the extremists. A salute to India's Malala for her bravery and heroism!