India’s traditional wisdom in coping with extreme weather
In large parts of the subcontinent where floods or droughts are annual or recurring events, people i...
Of kamranga and kachnar: vanishing flavors and shrinking food basket
Innumerable varieties of native fruits and leafy vegetables found in different parts of India are be...
Reversing the indefensible culture of open defecation
Ending open defecation in India’s villages cannot be the sole responsibility of the government. Th...
When the rural elite hijacks welfare schemes
Although there are multiple factors that interfere with the fair implementation of rural welfare pro...
Why do villagers often ignore obvious yet valuable things?
We need to figure out ways in which people in rural India are able to make reasoned and sustainable ...
Addressing Symptoms and Perpetuating Vulnerability: The PVTGs Of Madhya Pradesh
Studies in Development Processes Issue#3 Authors : Sanjiv Phansalkar, Manu Sinha, Nachiket Sule, Ne...
Will Rural Women Rise up Against Digital Patriarchy?
“I have been saving a little each month. I must guard that money and also the goat, which is about...
People with disabilities languish across rural India
Although there are 27 million people in India with disabilities, of which more than 70% live in vill...
The grey and grim hues of rural India
In travelling to the less fortunate parts of the countryside, it is difficult to come to terms with ...
India’s bureaucracy has failed its forest dwellers
The country’s particularly vulnerable tribal groups, who live mostly in dwindling forests, have no...