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Hope Floats: Assam’s Boat Clinics Help Women Plan Families

A unique concept – boat clinics – are offering crucial medical assistance, advice on family planning, and most importantly, hope to the millions living in the many small, flood-prone islands in Assam where hospitals and dedicated medical centres are unheard of, and at many times in the year, inaccessible.

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Shishu Sarothi – A Friend To Children With Cerebral Palsy And Related Disabilities

November 19, 2012 No Comment

Shishu Sarothi is an award-winning NGO based in Assam, reaching out to children with cerebral palsy and related disorders. The care and love given to these children was apparent to the author, when she spent a summer interning there, and came away with memories that will never fade. These children are coming to Delhi to [...]

On World Literacy Day, Susheela’s Kolams Traveled Across The Nation

September 12, 2012 No Comment

Pratham Books celebrated International Literacy Day in a unique way – by holding storytelling sessions for thousands of children across India. Read an account of one such session held by our friend and writer in Assam, and learn about the beautiful experience storytelling can be – both for the listener and the teller, while serving as an important educational aid.

TBI Travel: Sualkuchi – Weaving “Responsible” Dreams

July 26, 2012 No Comment

As our hearts and prayers go out to the unfortunate people in Assam facing the brunt of turbulent times, we take a look at one of the state’s indigenous arts that is both beautiful and innovative. Meena Vaidyanathan visits Sualkuchi, a weavers’ village where silk is made differently and humanely, and discovers little-known facets of [...]

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TBI Travel: Flowing With The Jia-Bharali

April 24, 2012 No Comment

Meena Vaidyanathan continues her exploration of India’s little-known rivers to enlighten and enchant our readers with the little secrets they hold. In the second post in this series (read the first one here), she gets lured by the lilting beauty of the Jia-Bharali in Assam, all along the Nameri National Park. The promise of impending [...]

Dhriiti – The Courage Within: Promoting Micro Enterprises

January 17, 2010 6 Comments

Ajay Das comes from a poor family in Patla village. The family of six was dependent solely on agriculture. Apart from paddy, they also cultivated vegetables and Assam lemon, earning around Rs.1500 a month, which was barely sufficient. What does Ajay do now? He is an entrepreneur, producing arecanut leaf plates. Initially shy and slow, [...]

Neonatal Care in India: Raising a generation by raising awareness

January 5, 2010 6 Comments

Every seven minutes, a woman in India dies due to pregnancy-related complications. Over a million babies born in the country die within their first month of life. India has the unfortunate distinction of claiming more than a quarter of the total newborn deaths in the world. The majority of these deaths occur in rural areas [...]

A Record That Bears Fruit

January 2, 2009 1 Comment

Not many people would have heard of Chaupakhi, a remote village in Assam. However it could be one of the latest entrants into the Guiness Book due to an eco-friendly afforestation initiative taken up by its residents. They succeeded in planting 280,000 saplings in just 24 hours, in a bid to outdo the previous record [...]

Mushrooming Growth and Prosperity

December 12, 2008 1 Comment

All Ritamoni Dueri of Jalukbari village near Sonapur in Assam knew about mushrooms was that people have sometimes died after consuming them. She had no idea that they could be cultivated or that they could supplement her family’s meager income and enable them to live their lives better. Two years after the concept was introduced [...]