Revive traditional wisdom for ealthy life in villages
Photo by Piyal Adhikary India has a rich heritage of local health traditions and reviving these dive...
Gram swaraj in a globalizing world
Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of economically self-sufficient villages is at a distinct variance with th...
Rural youth: old prejudices or real disadvanteages?
Photo by Jasper Veen Despite long-held notions that young people in villages lack better life opport...
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...
Gems Of Purest Ray Serene – Glimpse into life and work of India’s outstanding social workers
Gems of Purest Ray Serene is a book about the life stories of twenty-two outstanding Indian social w...
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...