“We are getting very less salary and the landlords in whose home we resided here didn’t waive the rent. So that is the reason why I am going back to my native... Read more »

A regular ‘langar’ for years, it was only from the March 24 lockdown that it became a saviour for thousands of hungry people including stranded migrants, travelers, truckers and villagers. By Quaid... Read more »

Samyuktha tells me that there are few toilets for thousands of people. When I was looking at the sea of humanity and their outstretched hands for food, I was reminded of the... Read more »

A woman traveling back to her native place by Shramik Special train, on Thursday, gave birth to a baby girl, railway officials said. By Anand Singh  Patna, May 28 (IANS) A woman... Read more »

The owner of the dhaba in Majhanpura village near Manjhi has locked the cash counter for the people eating here after the lockdown. Singh told IANS: “I get self-satisfaction by doing this.... Read more »

Mandal a resident of Malda district of West Bengal, was thrown out of his job as a motor mechanic by his employer in a New Delhi garage. When lockdown was imposed he... Read more »

“It’s difficult but its a good thing because there are lakhs of migrants who want to go back home. You see them and you know how desperate they are. The government might... Read more »

Urmila Devi of Bozhi village of Borrio block of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand along with members of her family and other villagers walks for nearly two and a half kilometres to the... Read more »

Even as his films made in Punjabi, Haryanvi and Pahari continue to travel to Canada, France, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, England, America and Greece, the director whose cinema focusses on subjects... Read more »

“The summer seems to be passing off silently without giving us any return,” says Siyaram Prajapati, one of the two brothers, with a heavy voice. He says he and his brother have... Read more »

The spread of the novel coronavirus has sanitation workers very worried. But, being frontline workers, they don’t have the privilege of staying at home. They are among the least paid workers, with... Read more »

The entire Spiti Valley is populated mainly by tribals. The climatic conditions of the district are harsh as much of the land forms part of a cold desert where the mercury drops... Read more »

The Crafting Futures program supports the future of craft and livelihoods. In India, our program broadly aligns with the Indian government’s agenda of supporting local artisans and giving them global exposure. New... Read more »

A Dalit, chowkidar Sanjay Ram chose another extremely poor Dalit hamlet in Kolhuwa, where he fed 300 people on Saturday and another 300 on Sunday and said he would do this again... Read more »

The COVID-19 crisis has spurred an entrepreneurial wave across the country. Rural women, particularly the enterprising ones like Chanda among them, have also jumped on board. They are, in fact, better placed... Read more »

Sometimes the frontline Covid-19 ‘warriors’ have to traverse on horseback to reach remote habitations. BY VISHAL GULATI Persistent snow in hundreds of hamlets spread over the Himalayan peaks of Himachal Pradesh is... Read more »

The traditional methods of puppet shows and chitra katha were invoked to help out in the crisis. By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 20 (IANS) Dungarpur, a tribal dominated district, is silently shooing... Read more »

Many of these women saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to scale their work and use their insights to prepare their communities for the long battle ahead and steer them through the impending... Read more »

It was rare, if ever, for swayamsevaks from backward castes, Dalits or of tribal origin to make it to the top echelons of the sangh and then go on ahead to become... Read more »