Rural India

Young children in school uniform,praying

September 27, 2018

A workforce of women with a near-impossible mandate

Though they are the backbone of India’s child development programme, there isn’t enough interest in understanding Anganwadi workers themselves—what drives them, their challenges, and what can be done to fully unleash their potential.

by Ananthapadmanabhan Guruswamy, Kavitha Kuruganti | 7 min read

non-communicable diseases doctor checking patient

March 15, 2018

Rural India faces epidemic of non-communicable diseases

Non-communicable diseases are increasing at an alarming rate in rural India, with long-term consequences on people's health and finances. The worrying part is that our healthcare system is ill-equipped to tackle this crisis.

by Dr Yogesh Kalkonde | 4 min read

Somen working with manure in a village

November 29, 2017

Time poverty: The key to addressing gender disparity

Rural women spend over a quarter of their waking hours cooking, gathering fuel, and cleaning utensils. Clean energy for cooking has the potential to reduce the burden of time poverty and improve women’s socio-economic status in the community.

by Akshay Kohli, Chandrima Das | 4 min read

TB camp

September 26, 2017

Making programmes customer-centric

This article, which features the voices of TB survivors, is a reminder to keep our 'customer' front and centre, so it informs both programme design and policy making.

by Reshma Anand, Tania Tauro | 4 min read

young boy walking on a bridge

September 21, 2017

Creating the resilience to dream

What will it take for the next generation of Indians to have the same set of opportunities as the privileged urban-born in our country?

by Anirban Ghose, Anish Kumar | 6 min read

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