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Education
Making EdTech work in low resource settings
Ensuring the proactive involvement of teachers is key to maximising the impact of EdTech in low resource settings. How can nonprofits help achieve this?
by Dayoung Lee, Kabir Sethi, Siddhant Sachdeva | 6 min read

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Programme
Allocating scarce resources in the social sector
From figuring out goals to identifying potential trade-offs and constraints, here are some tips to keep in mind while allocating scarce resources.
by Leah Mwai, Sid Ravinutala | 4 min read
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Social Justice
Everyday policing is casteist
The systemic oppression of marginalised communities by the criminal justice system is poorly understood and rarely questioned. Here’s how this is changing.
by Nikita Sonavane | 5 min read
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Health
Mental health at work: What needs to change?
Raj Mariwala, director at Mariwala Health Initiative, and Santrupt Misra, director of Group HR at Aditya Birla Group, discuss how workplaces can impact an employee's mental well-being, and why both organisations and individuals must take responsibility of prioritising mental health in the workplace.
by India Development Review | 6 min read
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Monitoring & Evaluation
Is data meant for policymakers alone?
In the education sector, child learning data usually flows from teachers to policymakers and does not directly inform teaching practices that could lead to improvement in learning outcomes. How can this be changed?
by Pallavi Mukhedkar, Rohan Deshpande, Swetha Chakravarthi | 6 min read
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Humour
Sow and Tell
All consultants have a green thumb!
by Meet Kakadiya | 2 min read
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Ground Up

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


Livelihoods
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Gadia Lohar in the age of machines: A struggle for survival
by Shefali Martins
Location Icon Jaipur district, Rajasthan
Environment
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“Drought or famine, the Tharus will survive”
by Astha Chaudhary, Dipti Arora
Location Icon Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh
Livelihoods
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The fashion keeper of Choroti Pahar: Why women need a saree shop
by Muniya Devi
Location Icon Alwar district, Rajasthan
Livelihoods
The long road to recycling: Pheriwalis struggle for time
by Anuj Behal
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Frontline workers and first responders share their insights from working at the grassroots.


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Environment
A young woman in Gujarat helps her community save their forest
A day in the life of a young woman in rural Gujarat who is helping her community combat unemployment, access welfare, and preserve local natural resources.
by Anita Motibhai Baria | 7 min read
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Diversity & Inclusion
An Adivasi journalist quits the newsroom to embrace YouTube
A day in the life of an Adivasi journalist from Chhotaudepur who uses YouTube to mainstream the voices of de-notified tribes and tackle discrimination.
by Sejal Rathwa | 8 min read
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Livelihoods
A single mother paves the way for working women in her village
A day in the life of a grassroots leader in Yavatmal who is committed to helping women become self-reliant and fostering community resilience against climate change.
by Priti Bele | 6 min read

Failure Files

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Social change leaders chronicle their failures and lessons learnt.

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Social Justice
Preparing for a marathon, not a sprint 
Dalit civil rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan on why failure is an opportunity to build power, how systems of oppression affect well-being, and what healing looks like for individuals and communities.
by India Development Review | 10 min read
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Leadership & Talent
Why don’t nonprofits talk about their failures?
A number of risks, both real and perceived, stop nonprofits from talking about failure. Here's how various stakeholders can work together to overcome them.
by Rachita Vora, Tanaya Jagtiani | 7 min read
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Leadership & Talent
The road to recovery
In Part II of a conversation with Dream a Dream CEO Suchetha Bhat and co-founder Vishal Talreja learn about what it took to rebuild an organisation in crisis, and why it needed a new kind of leadership.
by India Development Review | 15 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.

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"Governments need to ensure that they can enable citizens to switch to more sustainable methods, and citizens must exercise their rights and ask for more facilities. This is the only way we can get ahead of the climate emergency, if at all. "
Dr Kirit Parikh
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"The right to give, to have the ability to give, is the most fundamental right. The biggest gift is giving other people the gift of being able to give."
Bill Drayton
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"If we do not allow ourselves to be a medium to shift the moral compass in society today, then we may regret it in the future."
Sushma Iyengar
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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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    Education
    Making EdTech work in low resource settings
    Ensuring the proactive involvement of teachers is key to maximising the impact of EdTech in low resource settings. How can nonprofits help achieve this?
    by Dayoung Lee, Kabir Sethi, Siddhant Sachdeva | 6 min read
    police barricades_criminalisation of denotified tribes
    Social Justice
    Everyday policing is casteist
    The systemic oppression of marginalised communities by the criminal justice system is poorly understood and rarely questioned. Here’s how this is changing.
    by Nikita Sonavane | 5 min read
    empty table and chairs in an office_mental health at work
    Health
    Mental health at work: What needs to change?
    Raj Mariwala, director at Mariwala Health Initiative, and Santrupt Misra, director of Group HR at Aditya Birla Group, discuss how workplaces can impact an employee's mental well-being, and why both organisations and individuals must take responsibility of prioritising mental health in the workplace.
    by India Development Review | 6 min read

    Themes

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

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    • police barricades_criminalisation of denotified tribes
    Social Justice
    Everyday policing is casteist
    The systemic oppression of marginalised communities by the criminal justice system is poorly understood and rarely questioned. Here’s how this is changing.
    by Nikita Sonavane | 5 min read
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    Inequality
    Do we know how many people in India live in poverty?
    India’s poverty estimates are outdated. In the absence of accurate data, social security schemes cannot be expected to reach their intended targets.
    by IndiaSpend, Nushaiba Iqbal | 6 min read
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    Climate Emergency
    Behaviour change and climate action
    Policymakers must recognise behavior change as an important tool to inform climate policies and communication, and enable individual climate action.
    by Ashali Bhandari, Pooja Haldea | 6 min read

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    • a man taking a class in a bamboo hut--edtech
    Education
    Making EdTech work in low resource settings
    Ensuring the proactive involvement of teachers is key to maximising the impact of EdTech in low resource settings. How can nonprofits help achieve this?
    by Dayoung Lee, Kabir Sethi, Siddhant Sachdeva | 6 min read
    tap running out of wtaer_resource allocation
    Programme
    Allocating scarce resources in the social sector
    From figuring out goals to identifying potential trade-offs and constraints, here are some tips to keep in mind while allocating scarce resources.
    by Leah Mwai, Sid Ravinutala | 4 min read
    empty table and chairs in an office_mental health at work
    Health
    Mental health at work: What needs to change?
    Raj Mariwala, director at Mariwala Health Initiative, and Santrupt Misra, director of Group HR at Aditya Birla Group, discuss how workplaces can impact an employee's mental well-being, and why both organisations and individuals must take responsibility of prioritising mental health in the workplace.
    by India Development Review | 6 min read
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