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    A group of schoolchildren sit on the floor in rows, wearing uniforms in blue and green, facing a stage area where teachers and staff stand. One student holds a microphone and speaks while others listen. The background has colorful educational wall paintings, including science formulas, yoga poses, and a large tree mural with green leaves. Several teachers sit on chairs along the wall, watching the event. The setting appears to be a school assembly or interactive session under a covered courtyard_makkala grama sabhas
    August 21, 2025
    Giving children a real stake in local governance 
    An experiment in Karnataka shows that students can meaningfully participate in local governance. But institutionalising this requires a shift in adult mindsets.
    by Pratibha Narayanan, Vikas Ratanjee | 7 min read
    A group of villagers, including women and children wrapped in shawls, gather at night around a large yellow chart paper on the ground, participating in a community mapping exercise under torchlight._sustainable livelihoods
    August 19, 2025
    Working with the Baigas: Lessons from Madhya Pradesh
    by Sattva Vasavada Sengupta | 2 min read
    Two men inside a blue-painted shop measure and pour grain into a sack using a metal scoop, at a public distribution system ration shop._Public Distribution System PDS
    August 12, 2025
    Infrastructures of exclusion: How e-KYC impacts access to food
    With digital systems prone to failure, the e-KYC process for ration cards threatens people’s access to food under the Public Distribution System.
    by Sameet Panda, Sweta Dash | 8 min read
    A red public bus labeled “Srinagar Smart City Bus” is parked with its doors open. Several passengers are boarding, including a woman in a full black burqa stepping onto the bus, while others ahead of her are already climbing the steps_women in kashmir
    August 8, 2025
    A free travel scheme for women bypasses rural Kashmir 
    Poor transport keeps women from rural Jammu & Kashmir from accessing the government's free bus service.
    by Khursheed Ahmad Shah | 3 min read
    a female forest guard puts out a forest fire in Mewar Biodiversity Park, Udaipur district, Rajasthan--forest guard
    August 7, 2025
    Why conservation needs connection: Guarding Rajasthan’s forests
    A day in the life of a forest guard, who navigates gender roles, community needs, and conservation in Rajasthan.
    by Santosh Kunwar Bhati | 5 min read
    Women carrying stacks of bricks on their backs in a brick kiln, walking carefully over uneven stacks of bricks, with dusty red surroundings and a partly sunlit setting_women workforce participation
    August 1, 2025
    Women in the workforce: What we know (and what we’re missing)
    Using insights from IDR articles, we answer four key questions that explore the social and economic factors shaping women’s participation in the workforce.
    by India Development Review | 7 min read
    A flooded field with a house on the right corner_Sundarbans
    July 24, 2025
    Salt of the earth: Farmers in Sundarbans adapt to climate change
    by Rahul Singh | 2 min read
    a gram sabha meeting with a panel sitting behind a table, and women in colourful chunnis sitting on the ground as participants-panchayati raj
    July 18, 2025
    The state of India’s Panchayati Raj system
    From legal frameworks to finances and functions, the Panchayat Devolution Index 2024 evaluates how states transfer power to local governments for a stronger democracy.
    by India Development Review | 7 min read
    A group of women in colorful sarees are gathered in a small room for a community meeting or workshop. One woman, standing near a banner on the wall, is speaking and holding a notebook, while the others sit on a mat on the floor, listening attentively_Nat community
    July 17, 2025
    Balancing multiple identities as a Nat community mobiliser
    by Teena Raj | 2 min read
    A group of rural women, dressed in colorful traditional sarees, sit on the ground in a semi-circle, attentively listening to a woman in a blue saree speaking during a community meeting held outdoors in a village_microfinance India
    July 15, 2025
    Left for debt: Microfinance fractures families in Kushinagar’s villages
    by Durga | 3 min read
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