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TBI Specials: A Village In Bihar Is Greeting Every New Born Daughter With Fruit Trees

A nondescript village in Bihar is showing the way with its innovative way of celebrating the birth of a girl child – by planting at least 10 fruit trees! They are tackling declining sex ratios, global warming and climate change – all at once!

August 30, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More

Rajkumari Devi is ‘Kisaan Chachi’, Watch Out For Her Tips On Successful Farming

July 28, 2011 2 Comments

Rajkumari Devi is no astrologer. But with self-acquired expertise in agriculture she has become proficient in assessing the quality of the soil in her area and ensuring successful harvests. Through the experience of three decades ‘Kisan Chachi’, or ‘Farmer Aunty’ as she is called, has learnt all the nuances of good farming practices. Today, this [...]

How Teenaged Tribal Sunita Won A National Bravery Award

March 8, 2011 8 Comments

Birbhum (Women’s Feature Service) Sixteen-year-old Sunita Murmu is quite the celeb in her locality these days. This teenager had the courage to approach the remote Mohammadbazar police station in Birbhum, one of West Bengal’s most backward districts, and lodge a complaint against the powerful criminal elements from within her community. Of course, she did not [...]