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November 28, 2019

Mental health in India: Underserved and underfunded

Harsh and Rajvi Mariwala on taking a rights-based approach to funding mental health, the challenges of working with a range of stakeholders, and what philanthropy in India needs to do differently.

by Ayesha Marfatia, Sneha Philip | 6 min read

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November 20, 2019

Fighting the spectre of stigma

Stigma acts as a major roadblock in the healing process for survivors of trafficking. Here's a five point approach we can use to mitigate it.

by Roop Sen, Uma Chatterjee | 4 min read

small bucket hanging on wall

November 15, 2019

Photo essay: Where there are no sewers

A window into the world of the people who clean latrines in urban India.

by C S Sharada Prasad, Isha Ray | 5 min read

An Indian woman looking outside a window in a wall

August 29, 2019

A disorganised response to an organised crime

Human trafficking is perhaps one of the most well-organised crimes in India, but our fight against it has been fragmented and inadequate.

by Uma Chatterjee | 6 min read

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May 31, 2019

Inside Indian prisons: What does the data tell us?

Prison Statistics India 2016, published in April after a long, unexplained delay, omits details about caste and religious identities of the prison population.

by Nishant Gokhale | 3 min read

Sujata Khandekar

May 03, 2019

Grassroots leadership: Six things we learnt from Sujata Khandekar

From leaving your assumptions, to checking your own privilege—important lessons for anyone working with marginalised communities.

by Prakriti Singh | 1 min read

Jan sahas-community moblisation

April 25, 2019

Want social change? Give communities more agency

No external force can bring about real change in society. Only the community itself can.

by Ashif Shaikh | 7 min read

forest rights

March 15, 2019

Are conservation groups actually safeguarding our forests?

Conservation groups should be helping Adivasis save forests. Instead, many are working to evict them.

by Madhu Ramnath | 5 min read

trucks on a coal field in India-Wikimedia Commons

March 05, 2019

Forced displacement and its links with poor health

Displacing people from their own lands has been shown to increase vulnerability to exploitation, pushing Adivasi communities to poverty and ill health.

by Adsa Fatima, Deepa Venkatachalam, Sarojini Nadimpally | 7 min read

ASwaminathan old Indian woman writing on paper-ageing in india

February 27, 2019

How age induces poverty, and policy fails to keep up

India has no legal provisions for income security of the elderly, making the impacts of ageing far harsher for those who are already economically vulnerable.

by Kinjal Sampat | 5 min read

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