rural development

From growing a kilo of mushrooms to winning the Nari Shakti Puraskar, this Bihar Nari is all things inspiring!

Aruna Tirkey’s mission isn’t just about preserving the past: It’s also about using forgotten indigenous food to imagine a more sustainable future. #FoodSecrets

Villages, once living a parched reality, are now lined with pucca roads, thousands of tube wells and expensive cars, all thanks to the Dewas model. Now there are more than 16,000 ponds spread across 60-80 acres of land in Dewas, with over 1000 farmers earning more than Rs. 25 lakhs a year.

"The reasons why the farmers were resorting to suicide seemed like issues that could be addressed – some spoke of not having money to educate their children while for some it was the lack of money for their daughter's marriage."

Under a fellowship programme started by Barefoot college, recently graduated people from urban spaces are introduced to the grassroots realities of rural education and allowed to impart education with a different approach

Recently, I went on a field trip to Tumakuru with the SELCO foundation, an NGO which is bringing solar energy to the various rural corners of India. Here's what I learnt.

Thanks to their consistent efforts, tribal communities today have formed independent groups for producing several natural goods- especially honey and beeswax.

Reusable and cost-effective, this innovation is made by a start-up that functions from a self-made mud house! Super cool, right?

When the villagers urged the panchayat and related authorities to build a bus stand to avoid such instances, their petitions fell on deaf ears.

When women harness solar power, they do so much more than just bring electricity, an expert states.