rural india

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.

On 31 July 1995, erstwhile Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram and then Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu made the first call to each other on a hand-held phone.

Here are some brilliant heroes who have won the awards in this category in the past three years:

“It took him two days to dig the pits, and afterwards he fell ill. Now, we have decided to complete the construction within a week."

Armed with smartphones and biometric scanners, the postman may soon don the role of part-time bankers for India's poorest!

It’s been 30 years since Dr Rani Bang and her husband, Dr Abhay Bang, dedicated their lives to the social and educational upliftment of the lowest of the low, in Maharashtra’s tribal district of Gadchiroli.

Husk Power Systems was established in 2007, wherein the company offered an off-grid power generation and distribution solution to serve rural customers in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

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

The innovative company kickstarted by Vedobroto Roy alongside his wife Chetana and their two-year-old daughter, Araadya, has developed a ‘snake guard’ in the form of a walking stick that a farmer can carry with him to the fields.

There are many artisans who live in India's numerous little towns and villages and churn out masterpieces with their hands, but fail to find the visibility they deserve.