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    Ground Up

    Multimedia stories that provide an insight into how communities experience development at the grassroots.

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    Youth
    photo
    Building a case for my freedom in rural Rajasthan
    by Pooja Kumari
    Location Icon Rajsamand district, Rajasthan
    Livelihoods
    photo
    Women weavers in Nagaland carve their own silk route
    by Bano Haralu
    Location Icon Chumoukedima district, Nagaland ; Peren district, Nagaland
    Environment
    photo
    Open wounds, closed doors: Life under ash in a Tamil Nadu village
    by Nagammal
    Location Icon Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu
    Livelihoods
    photo
    Post Pahalgam, a new crisis is brewing in Kashmir
    by Ilhak Ahmad Tantray, Umer Farooq Zargar
    Location Icon Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir ; Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir
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    Gender
    Sending aid to Manipur: Volunteers struggle with relief efforts
    by Anna, Kim
    Location Icon Manipur
    Diversity & Inclusion
    Other people’s debt: The downside of collateral-free group loans
    by Neha Pandey
    Location Icon Udaipur district, Rajasthan
    Gender
    A woman on a scooter: Navigating patriarchy in Rajasthan
    by Sunita Rawat
    Location Icon Ajmer district, Rajasthan
    Education
    Back to school? Not without a transfer certificate
    by Safeena Husain
    Location Icon Udaipur district, Rajasthan
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    The image features a group of young people sitting on mattresses in a semi-circle. They are facing an older person who is addressing the group._Social norms
    Youth
    Building a case for my freedom in rural Rajasthan
    by Pooja Kumari
    Location Icon Rajsamand district, Rajasthan
    The image features a plastic crate filled with silkworms and castor leaves._Castor leaves
    Livelihoods
    Women weavers in Nagaland carve their own silk route
    by Bano Haralu
    Location Icon Chumoukedima district, Nagaland ; Peren district, Nagaland
    a semi arid area full of ash
    Environment
    Open wounds, closed doors: Life under ash in a Tamil Nadu village
    by Nagammal
    Location Icon Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu
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