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Ground Up

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

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Livelihoods
Mandu Festival: Commercialisation at the cost of livelihoods
by Anushka Abraham
Location Icon Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh
Gender
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Rains in the desert: Washing away women’s aspirations
by Deepannita Misra
Location Icon Barmer district, Rajasthan
Livelihoods
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Catch-22: A batik producer’s dilemma 
by Shakil Khatri
Location Icon Kachchh district, Gujarat
Gender
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Love or unpaid work? A tuition teacher’s dilemma
by Itishree Behera
Location Icon Cuttack district, Odisha
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Livelihoods
Mandu Festival: Commercialisation at the cost of livelihoods
by Anushka Abraham
Location Icon Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh
Agriculture
Paddy vs mustard: Assam’s elephants decide
by Yapi Kop
Location Icon Chirang district, Assam
Livelihoods
A thumbprint isn’t enough: Why rural women artisans need to open Demat accounts
by Sumita Ghose
Location Icon Bikaner district, Rajasthan
Livelihoods
Faith in business: Nagaland’s nonprofits and religious networks 
by Nitoshe Sheqi, Neichute Doulo
Location Icon Kohima district, Nagaland
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An abandoned healthcare centre with an open gate_girls' education
Gender
Rains in the desert: Washing away women’s aspirations
by Deepannita Misra
Location Icon Barmer district, Rajasthan
Shakil Khatri, a batik artisan handblock prints on cotton fabric-batik Kutch
Livelihoods
Catch-22: A batik producer’s dilemma 
by Shakil Khatri
Location Icon Kachchh district, Gujarat
A teacher sitting on the floor surrounded by students-unpaid work
Gender
Love or unpaid work? A tuition teacher’s dilemma
by Itishree Behera
Location Icon Cuttack district, Odisha
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