Village Square

Village Square is an integrated communications initiative that seeks to inform, analyse, engage, and promote rural India among a wider audience.

Stories

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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Bihar Women Are Transforming Themselves Through the Magic of Mushrooms

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

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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

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

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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!

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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

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How Kitchen Gardens Enriched Village Diets for 600 Households in Jharkhand

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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