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An air of mistrust around nonprofits

The FCRA Bill 2020 is being used to crackdown on nonprofits, while a lack of transparency continues to surround PM-CARES.

by The Wire | 5 min read

Humour

"All’s fair in love and fundraising"

15 famous proverbs, rewritten for nonprofit life.

by Peter Griffin | 1 min read

Advocacy & Government

Denying workers their rights

The opposition to the new labour codes, explained.

by Working Peoples' Charter | 12 min read

Leadership & Talent

When failure is part of the feminist process

In the midst of difficult changes, the head of a media house struggles to make new meaning of the values her organisation stands for.

by Disha Mullick | 7 min read

Agriculture

The farm acts: All you need to know

In order to cut through the noise surrounding the farm bills, IDR has curated select articles and videos that explain the impact of these bills on farmers.

by India Development Review | 5 min read

Ground Up

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Bite-sized stories from the people closest to the action.

Education

Out of service

by Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir

COVID-19

Disabling access

by Meenu Arora, Oshin Dhawan

South Delhi district, Delhi

COVID-19

Old problems, new solutions

by Aastha Maggu

Jodhpur district, Rajasthan

COVID-19

Education, uninterrupted

by Lopa Gandhi

East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand

#NEP2020 | Raj Gilda on the scope of vocational education

Raj Gilda, Co-founder, Lend-A-Hand India shares his views on the inclusion of vocational education in the #NEP2020. He addresses the scope and viability of vocational education and speaks to us about how it brings theoretical learning to life and enhances life skills.

#NEP2020 | Biswanath Sinha on inclusion of linguistic minorities

#NEP2020 | Anjela Taneja on equity and inclusion

#NEP2020 | Natasha Joshi on the concept of school complexes

#NEP2020 | Anurag Behar on the principles that underscore the NEP

#NEP2020 | Rukmini Banerji on primary education

Social stock exchange 101

P Sainath talks about the agrarian crisis

P Sainath on India's agrarian crisis

Kamla Bhasin on listening to the communities you work with

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History of social action in India: From 1947 onwards

Dr Fernandez on urban health

Kamla Bhasin on feminism

A day in the life of

Frontline workers and first responders share their insights from working at the grassroots.

Kamakhya Kumar attending a panchayat meeting

Advocacy & Government

Revitalising local self-governance

A day in the life of a mukhiya, or panchayat head, who works closely with his team of elected representatives to ensure sustainable development for their community.

by Kamakhya Kumar Singh | 6 min read

Khataben in the field at a registration drive

Gender

Meet the sisters of Bhuj

A day in the life of a paralegal, who has been changing patriarchal gender norms across 200 villages in Kutch for the last two decades.

by Khataben Sameja | 6 min read

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Programme

A day in the life of: A relief worker

In Assam, a member of the Mising tribe helps his community survive the triple whammy of COVID-19, African Swine Fever, and floods.

by Ranjit Doley | 4 min read

Failure Files

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Social change leaders chronicle their failures and lessons learnt.

Leadership & Talent

When failure is part of the feminist process

In the midst of difficult changes, the head of a media house struggles to make new meaning of the values her organisation stands for.

by Disha Mullick | 7 min read

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Social Business

To bribe or not to bribe?

A social entrepreneur takes a decision and finds his life turned upside down.

by Ghazanfar Iqbal | 6 min read

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Programme

No right time for hard decisions

A nonprofit co-founder gets caught in an unhealthy power dynamic with a funding partner.

by Dilip Pattubala | 5 min read

IDR Interviews

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Conversations with visionaries on their life's work, and their efforts to challenge the status quo in our country.

“Only when villages become self-reliant and self-governing units, will India become a true republic.”

Rajendra Singh
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“Civil society institutions are the seismographs of society. They give early warnings for major catastrophes that can happen.”

Vijay Mahajan
8 min read

“Development evolves from within; when you do it to others, it needs a different name. I would just call it colonisation.”

Vandana Shiva
10 min read

Sectors

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Insights and analysis of specific sectors in the development arena—what works, what doesn't, and what needs to change.

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Agriculture

The farm acts: All you need to know

In order to cut through the noise surrounding the farm bills, IDR has curated select articles and videos that explain the impact of these bills on farmers.

by India Development Review | 5 min read

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Health

The politics of mental health and well-being

The acknowledgement that well-being and mental health are affected by casteism and patriarchy is often missing.

by Divya Kandukuri | 7 min read

Education

#NEP2020 | Raj Gilda on the scope of vocational education

Themes

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Approaches and ideas that cut across sectors and counter the dominant narratives around us.

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Advocacy & Government

An air of mistrust around nonprofits

The FCRA Bill 2020 is being used to crackdown on nonprofits, while a lack of transparency continues to surround PM-CARES.

by The Wire | 5 min read

Advocacy & Government

Skills and functions that are core to growing programmes and organisations.

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Fundraising & Communications

Community-centric communication

by Vanessa D’Souza | 4 min read

Leadership & Talent

When failure is part of the feminist process

In the midst of difficult changes, the head of a media house struggles to make new meaning of the values her organisation stands for.

by Disha Mullick | 7 min read

Shaheen Mistri sitting at a desk with a child

Leadership & Talent

“I’m giving you an opportunity to change India”

Shaheen Mistri, founder of Teach For India, on what it takes to build a strong brand, beyond the social sector.

by Tanaya Jagtiani, Rachita Vora | 6 min read

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Unemployed

August 2020 | As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the nation's economy, the unemployment rate in India has seen a spike with unexpected terminations and fewer job opportunities available. Photo: Anand Sinha

PRIDE

July 2020 | The month of June is celebrated as Global Pride Month, however, physical distancing norms have put many pride parades on hold this year. We're looking back to last year where an LGBTQ community member posed with a rainbow flag during a pride march to celebrate the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India. Photo: Avijit Ghosh, Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Monsoon harvest

June 2020 | Paddy seeds are sown in June, in time for the kharif harvest. This year, with the national lockdown, many farmers—like the one featured in this image from Kerala—face severe livelihood insecurities as the kharif season approaches. Photo: Navaneeth Kishor, Flickr (CC-BY 2.0)

Where do we go from here?

May 2020 | Many construction workers are stuck because of the national lockdown. Neither do they have a way to contact the state, nor can the state contact them. And their contractors and principal employers take little responsibility. Photo: Jan Sahas

On lockdown

April 2020 | Bangalore, notorious for its heavily congested streets, lies unusually empty amidst the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Photo: Kinshuk, Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Standing tall and proud

March 2020 | Rajkala Devi, the first ever Sarpanch of Hingwahera gram panchayat in Alwar district, Rajasthan, motivates other women to stand tall and voice their opinion. Photo: UN Women/Ashutosh Negi

Shades of red

February 2020 | In Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh, women’s haemoglobin levels are tested by taking a blood sample from their fingertips and matching it to a colour card. The World Health Organisation (WHO) colour scale method is an inexpensive way to estimate haemoglobin concentration, before deciding whether to test for anaemia. Photo: ©Gates Archive/Mansi Midha

Bangalore is burning

January 2020 | Avijit Michael, director of Jhatkaa (jhatkaa.org), on a fact-finding mission around Bangalore on the practice of garbage burning, and how it causes catastrophic changes to the air quality. Photo: Hari Adivarekar

What's in a name?

December 2019 | Even though neighbouring villages also comprise of Adivasi communities, this village in Ganjam district, Odisha, is called 'Adivasi Colony', named after the community that migrated down from the hills to settle here. Photo: Anushka Dalal

Rural cartography

November 2019 | Women from the Village Organisation (VO) in Koimari (Rangjuli block, Assam) carried out a 'resource mapping' of their village, a two-day exercise facilitated by professionals from the development organisation SeSTA. The houses in this map are colour-coded to reflect which ones have piped water, sanitation, and so on. Having this information makes them better placed to demand improvements from their local government. Photo: Saahil Kejriwal

Teesta and Rangeet

October 2019 | The rivers Teesta and Rangeet are named after two river-spirits who challenged each other to a race down the hills. The Lepcha people of Sikkim consider the race's finish line, the confluence of the two rivers, to be a sacred site. Newlyweds are taken here, and people wish them a life as happy and prosperous as the two river-spirits. Photo: Zarir De Vitre

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