Authors : Anand Mistry and Shubha Khadke Every morning at 4 am, 67 years old Moriben walks around 8-10 km, bends at least 1,000 times and with her bare hands
Authors : Marilyn Marine, Purvika Patel and Sauvik Dey Women of rural India fought hard to bring transformation through breaking the vicious cycle of poverty by bringing economic, fi nancial,
Authors : Kalyani C Government policies towards tribal population in India, while aiming to protect tribal culture and habitats, also try to integrate tribal people into the mainstream society. Policies
Authors : Gurpreet Singh & Bhaskar Mitra It would be a cliché to mention that Indian agriculture is largely characterized by rain dependent farming of subsistence nature. A substantial share
The condition of the environment plays an important role in ensuring sustainable livelihoods to the community. Soil, water and natural vegetation are the main resources for the rural community for
Authors : Harsh Jaiswal, TERI University 1. Heralding Green Revolution in Independent India Upon breaking the shackles of colonisation in 1947, India was plagued with starvation and famine in several
Authors : M.V.Ashok & P.L. Kulkarni Mendha (Lekha) is a group of three villages falling under the administration of a single Gram Sabha (village assembly), situated in the predominantly tribal
Authors : Ansu Susan Alexander and Pooja Sunil Shetty Stree Mukti Sangathana (SMS) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working towards women’s liberation by creating awareness in the society about women’s
Authors : Manish Maskara and Sonakshi Anand Subodh (name changed), belonged to the Musahar community and took to ragpicking1 when he migrated from his native village to the city around
Authors : Ujwala Samarth and Aparna Susarla This case study tells the story of SWaCH Coop, a wholly-owned workers’ cooperative which not only enabled a marginalised and historically deprived community