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    Ground Up

    Hyperlocal, bite-sized stories about how communities experience development at the grassroots.

     

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    Environment
    some buildings and houses in the middle distance, with bright pink and red flowers in the foreground and a hill and clear blue sky in the background--cosmos in Nagaland
    Phek, Nagaland
    A bid to bring back cosmos to Pfutsero
    by Kupelhi Losou
    Technology
    a woman holding up a smartphone to display a QR code--WhatsApp registry
    Kandhamal, Odisha
    Registering migrants, one WhatsApp message at a time
    by Nanjaya Pradhan
    Climate Emergency
    people getting off a rescue raft during the 2026 Assam flood relief operation--Assam floods
    Assam
    Assam’s worst flood in years needs new relief methods
    by Debojit Dutta
    Rights
    Chhabra Thermal Power Plant in Rajasthan's Baran district--Chhabra Thermal Power Plant
    Baran, Rajasthan
    How a power plant evaded CSR spending in Rajasthan
    by Pavan Kevat
    Rights
    A large group of people, predominantly women, with most sitting on the ground and a few people standing around them, protesting against the Ken-Betwa Link project in 2026--Ken-Betwa protest
    Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh
    Women are at the forefront of Ken-Betwa protests
    by Divya Ahirwar
    Rights
    A large group of people in a room posing for a group photo; one of the rooms in the wall has a pride flag over which is written
    South West Delhi, Delhi
    As trans people, can we find a safe haven away from home?
    by Bella
    Health & Well-being
    a mobile medical van with healthcare professionals inside and patients queued up outside--healthcare
    Mamit, Mizoram
    A bus takes primary healthcare to rural Mizoram
    by Dr Lalrinchhani
    Fundraising & Communications
    an elderly woman sitting on the ground speaks into a camera being held by a female journalist--data collection
    Sangli, Maharashtra
    A journalist turns surveyor and discovers new stories
    by Siddhi Jojare
    Education
    A child in purple tshirt writes multiplication problems with chalk on a worn blackboard in a classroom--foundational education
    North Tripura, Tripura
    Five rupees for foundational education in rural Tripura
    by Nirmalya Deb, Saurabh Ghosh, Uttam Roy
    Fundraising & Communications
    a band playing on a stage with a banner saying
    Aizawl, Mizoram
    Lights, music, donation: Mizoram volunteers for concerts for a cause
    by David Z Hmar
    Livelihoods
    a customised furnace for cooking that runs on diesel and machine oil, on top of which is a large wok containing cooking oil--LPG crisis
    Udaipur, Rajasthan
    Amid the LPG crisis, jugaad saves a samosa shop in Udaipur
    by Rakesh Swami
    Climate Emergency
    a woman squatting in a field and planting mangoes with a basket containing saplings next to her--mango plantations
    Dhalai, Tripura
    Flood after flood, Raishyabari’s farmers search for stable livelihoods
    by Hansatanu Roy