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February 24, 2023
Like it is rightly said, women can’t be recognised only on one day, this needs to be done every day. When International Women’s Day is around the corner, however, it is the day to celebrate women, have them thrive and empower them to march through! And that is why this day has gathered significant importance over the years.
February 23, 2023
Eco Tasar Silk Pvt Ltd was launched in 2007 by Khitish Pandya. The company manufactures sarees, stoles, and cushion covers made from Tasar silk. It claims to have impacted the lives of 1,000 women in Bihar’s textile belt – Bhagalpur.
April 25, 2017
If you were to draw a line between 18N-28N latitude on the Indian map, it would contain majority of the 100 poorest districts in India, with […]
June 16, 2020
If we had asked Jalso the same thing, just two years back, she would not have said the same. Her SHG, composed of members of 12-13 women members from the local tribal communities, had practically stopped functioning. Low capital, irregularities in saving and loan repayment had been plaguing the group for quite some time. Gradually the members lost their interest in the proceedings of Jay Maa Bhagbati SHG.
January 22, 2019
Padmabati had a dream. She dreamt of a small family built with love and care. A distant relative, from a village about 12 kms from her […]
June 16, 2020
These were some of the most common answers we got while analyzing how the COVID-19 lockdown has impacted people in some of the far flung villages of north-eastern Jharkhand, also referred as Santhal Pargana. And even without conducting a survey one could tell that more than 70% of the rural poor depend on remittances to run their household expenses or to fulfill their aspiration of leading a ‘better life’!
May 8, 2019
Iqra Khan’s parents wanted her to pursue Science after her Boards. After all becoming an Engineer and bagging a corporate job was the easiest option in front of a high school student to taste success and affluence in life! But literature struck a different chord in the teenager’s heart.
May 7, 2019
With changing time, the nature of crimes against women has changed. Women no more feel safe in their most personal space these days. But if there are more complex problems, women SHG members have devised more robust mechanisms with their sheer grit to challenge the societal menaces. Jagriti Gram Sangathan a village organization (VO) of Tejaswini Mahila Sangh in Jaina village of Bokaro district in Jharkhand, is one of them. It practices zero tolerance towards any violence against women.
April 22, 2019
“Mera beta chala gya hai, tu bhi apne ghar ja. Ye zameen mai apni beti ke naam kar dungi” said her mother-in-law after Ramesh’s death. But […]
August 14, 2018
Two large water pots – one on the head and the other clung to her waist seemed to overpower the frail frame of Kuni. Four other […]