rural india

Anirban Ghose and Anish Kumar on what it will take for the next generation of Indians to have the same set of opportunities as the privileged urban-born in our country.

In a move to bridge this gap and make internet accessible to the strata of society that usually is the last to get any benefits, the government has decided to make Wi-Fi available across the nation by setting up over 7.5 lakh public-internet hotspots by the end of 2018.

Nitin P Khanna is the brains behind an initiative called Bharat Learn that aims to retain students in government schools through digital methods, as well as enhance their learning experience.

Conservative beliefs, weak finances, and inaccessibility of clean products are the trinity of menstrual nightmares. One which rural Indian women, more than their urban counterparts, consider a way of life sadly.

Bhimrao Patil from Sajani village of Kolhapur couldn’t complete his education, but has more than a quarter million hours of experience in mechanical engineering which helped him battle poverty.

“We are not the waking up at the crack-of-dawn sort of people. Unless of course, we have vegetables to send out or have elephants visiting the farm, in which case we pretty much stay up the entire night.”

"Do you know anything about how rural women manage when they are on their periods?"

The introduction of pipe water supply to households and safe sanitation practices in the tribal dominated district of Dindori, Madhya Pradesh is changing lives drastically.

The people of Nath Panthi Davari Gosavi community have been categorized as nomadic tribes since members of the community are constantly migrating.

Mangaal Rural, a social enterprise, was looking for a small village on the outskirts of Imphal that could be a model for future computer literacy programmes in the state. The project’s success can be largely attributed to the co-operation and support from the residents of Nungthaang Tampak.