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Photo & Video stories

Bite-sized multimedia stories that provide an insight into how communities experience development at the grassroots.

a red crab creeping out of the sand-protect red crabs
Environment
Population in red: Crabs struggle for survival in West Bengal
by Rahul Singh
Location Icon Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal
farmers harvesting rice-black rice
Agriculture
The rice and fall of a crop: Bihar’s failed black rice experiment
by Ramnath Rajesh
Location Icon Gaya district, Bihar
a small pond in the wilderness-solar polar
Climate Emergency
The case of Corbett: Indian forests are running out of water
by Dr Sarita Subramaniam
Location Icon Nainital district, Uttarakhand
a mahua tree in korba_coal mine
Livelihoods
No mahua for old women: Mining stops forest collection
by Bhagwati Bhagat
Location Icon Korba district, Chhattisgarh
a group of women sitting in a circle on the ground--loan counselling
Gender
Money wise: How rural women benefit from loan advice
by K Ramalakshmma
Location Icon Sri Sathya Sai district, Andhra Pradesh
warning against elephants in chhattisgarh--elephant attacks
Environment
Is the elephant not a wild animal? People in Chhattisgarh wonder
by Rajesh Kumar Tripathi
Location Icon Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh
two women looking at a bulb--household electricity
Urban
Brighter homes, lighter bills: How Ahmedabad homes lowered their energy bills
by Krishnaben Mangalbhai Yadav
Location Icon Ahmedabad district, Gujarat
a marble mine in Rajasthan's Rajsmand district
Environment
A Rajasthan village uses a unique strategy to oust the mining mafia
by Ishwar Singh
Location Icon Rajsamand district, Rajasthan
A woman taking a survey of a girl child
Education
“Is my child correct”: Reflections from ASER’s 2023 survey
by Angel Mohan
Location Icon Jaipur district, Rajasthan
road in ladakh--ladakh urial
Environment
Where has the urial sheep of Ladakh gone?
by Padma Rigzin
Location Icon Leh district, Ladakh
children going to school_Mahadalit
Social Justice
“Why should we go to school?”
by Pronita Tarafdar, Ananye Krishna
Location Icon Patna district, Bihar
woven baskets made from bamboo--forced migration
Livelihoods
No forest, no farm: Forced migration among Parhaiyas
by Padmini Ramesh, Sangeeth Sugathan
Location Icon Latehar district, Jharkhand
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