Mizoram yet to fulfil decade-old promise to ginger farmers
Aizawl: The year gone by was a bad one for the state’s ginger farmers. Ask Marovi of Mualvum village, who has been cultivating ginger for over ten years....
Bangladesh’s dichotomy of development and deprivation
The Sheikh Hasina regime’s performance in Bangladesh will be put to test as the upcoming elections will show who is going to form the government at the Centre....
Ground realities beg to differ in the face of increasing women’s participation in Bangladesh’s workforce
Dhaka: For the past nine years, the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has formulated schemes with the objective to improve women’s condition in the country. Schemes implemented under the...
Fisherfolk across states unite to protest the proposed shipping corridor
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu: When local fishing communities gathered in various locations along the coast on November 21 to celebrate the World Fisheries Day this year, they had come...
Going to class in a cooking pot
Guwahati: Not in a school bus, not a van or even a country boat. These children in India’s far-east go to school in cooking pots. About 16 students of...
In this MP village, people have to walk on a tightrope for health, education
Ratlam: Slacklining may be an adventure activity for some, but for the residents of a tiny village called Bajeda in Ratlam district, 300 km from Bhopal, it is...
For timely completion of irrigation projects, review proposals first: Experts
Bengaluru: The recently released Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on 16 national irrigation projects have revealed patchy implementation, inordinate delays and massive escalations over the past decade. The...
In UP village, cancer is a common visitor as govt looks away
Deoband, Saharanpur: Mohammad Sonu and Shaheen look helplessly at their three-year-old son Aarif, as he plays half-heartedly by himself on the living room floor. The young parents cannot believe...
How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business
MAHESH KUMAR SHIVA | Saharanpur It was reportedly Bahlul (Bahlol) Lodi, the founder of Lodi dynasty, who in the 15th century first settled some Afghani craftsmen and their...