In the Adivasi-dominated village of Ratatalai, in the Bagli block of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh, forty women took on the arduous task of activating the Public Distribution System (PDS). The task of providing food security in areas characterised by backwardness and chronic poverty poses many hurdles. More often than not, the public systems in […]
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COVID Relief
Tiding Over an Immediate Food Crisis
Sajna Bai from Bhikupura village is a member of the Salkan Mata Pragati Samuh for [...]
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The Many Firsts of Village Devjhiri
Nayansingh Sisodia cannot remember the last time work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment [...]
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Activation of MGNREGA During COVID-19 Lockdown
Located in the Bagli block of Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, Jhiri village too was [...]
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Five Hundred Miles Away from Home: An account of violence, apathy and homelessness braved by a migrant worker
India went into its first phase of lockdown owing to COVID 19 on the 25th [...]
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Ensuring Institutional Delivery During a Public Health Crisis
Sonal Bai (name changed), a resident of Guradiya village in the Bagli block of Dewas [...]
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