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Villagers Transform Salt-Pan Into Maharashtra’s Largest Man-made Pond!

08 May 2018 8 Min Read

A woman famer with the strawberries she picked in a farm in Chilhaki Bigha village. (Photo by Mohd Imran Khan)

Despite Droughts And Terror, Bihar’s Farmers Taste Success With Sweet Strawberries

29 Mar 2018 7 Min Read

A young girl in Pamohi village stitches reusable sanitary pads for distribution among rural women. (Photo by Abdul Gani)

In Rural Assam, A ‘Pad’ Movement By Young Women Is Bringing Health & Prosperity

12 Mar 2018 6 Min Read

Snow Leopards Eat Their Cattle, but Ladakhi Villages Found a Unique Solution!

22 Feb 2018 7 Min Read

Iron removal plants have made tube well water potable, reducing water-borne diseases drastically. (Photo by Rakhi Ghosh)

The Simple Interventions That Brought Clean Water to These Odisha Villages

09 Feb 2018 7 Min Read

Jhol Mol! What Indian Farmers Can Gain From Nepal’s Organic Manure

19 Jan 2018 5 Min Read

Bihar Women Are Transforming Themselves Through the Magic of Mushrooms

15 Jan 2018 8 Min Read

This Green Gold Has Been Generating Lakhs Per Year for Konkan Farmers

02 Jan 2018 7 Min Read

A Kashmiri beekeeper is seen attending to his beehives. (Photo by Athar Parvaiz)

As Busy As Bees: Meet The Farmers Making Kashmir a Land of Honey

19 Dec 2017 7 Min Read

From Rs 3K per Year to Rs 2.75 Lakh a Year: How Fish Seeds Are Transforming Assam

14 Dec 2017 5 Min Read

A woman uses jata, a traditional grinding stone, to make sattu. (Photo by Mohd Imran Khan)

Jata Sattu: An Ancient Tradition Giving Women A Livelihood, And Making Us Healthier!

25 Nov 2017 7 Min Read

Girls of conservative Meo Muslim community in Thekra are now getting educated. (Photo by Tarun Kanti Bose)

In Rajasthan, Meo Muslim Girls Are Breaking Gender Barriers Through Education

14 Nov 2017 7 Min Read

How Kitchen Gardens Enriched Village Diets for 600 Households in Jharkhand

02 Nov 2017 7 Min Read

Growing Coconut Palms in Arid Rajasthan? Farmers in the State Are Doing It and How!

20 Oct 2017 6 Min Read

For Just Rs 50 per Head, These UP Women Are Crowd Sourcing Their Own Healthcare!

12 Oct 2017 6 Min Read

This Diwali, Let’s Remember How Muslim Potters of Gujarat Have Kept Hindu Traditions Going

07 Oct 2017 6 Min Read

Behind the Scenes of Bengal’s Stunning Pandals: Meet the Farmers Who Are the Real Artists!

27 Sep 2017 8 Min Read

They Beat Vedanta, Now Odisha’s Tribals Are Winning Back Their Wild Harvests

25 Sep 2017 6 Min Read

‘Seed Mother’ Rahibai’s Story: How She Saved Over 80 Varieties of Native Seeds!

23 Sep 2017 5 Min Read

Wetlands Are ‘Wastelands’? Here’s How One Bihar Village Proved Us All Wrong

21 Sep 2017 6 Min Read

How One Women-Run SHG Helped 500 Widows Across 68 Villages in Less Than 4 Years

16 Sep 2017 5 Min Read

Water Scarcity? Ladakh Villages Are Building Artificial Glaciers to Fix the Issue!

12 Sep 2017 6 Min Read

Here’s How Maharashtra’s Farmers Are Proving Traditional Seeds Are the Best!

11 Sep 2017 5 Min Read

How the Sahariyas of Madhya Pradesh Proved ‘Self Help Is the Best Help’

30 Aug 2017 6 Min Read

How One Home Maker Became a Paddy Farmer, Floriculturist and a Village Leader

21 Aug 2017 5 Min Read

10,000 Toilets and Counting: Bihar’s Women Are Single-Handedly Taking on the Dirty Fight

21 Aug 2017 6 Min Read

‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ in Real Life – How Women Demanding Toilets as Bride Price Changed Haryana

09 Aug 2017 7 Min Read

How an MP Village Inspired an Entire District to Use Their Water Bodies in Impactful Ways

08 Aug 2017 7 Min Read

Libraries on Wheels: How Tribal Kids in MP Are Getting a Chance to Learn in Their Own Languages

02 Aug 2017 9 Min Read

One Project in Bengal Is Giving Fair Prices to Farmers & Better Food to Consumers

27 Jul 2017 7 Min Read

How Tribal Women of Odisha Have Made Farming Organic, Profitable & Life-Changing

13 Jul 2017 8 Min Read

How One Tribal Village in Maharashtra Ensures Water Availability Throughout the Summer

12 Jul 2017 7 Min Read

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