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Alternate livelihoods help women like Sabitri Barman earn more and be less dependent on forest resources (Photo by Abdul Gani)

Manas villagers benefit from alternate livelihoods

Carrying water is a constant chore for women in rural areas (Photo by Daniel Bachhuber)

Ujjwala and waterwheels: reducing women’s drudgery

The soap-making unit of the Khadi and Gramodyog Sahakari Uttpadak Sangha in Hudali is known for its nominally priced Kutir soap made of anti-bacterial neem oil (Photo by Amoolya Rajappa)

Hudali keeps khadi cooperative flag flying

Most smallholder and marginal farmers in Bihar cannot afford the additional cost of irrigating their fields (Photo by Santosh Singh)

Declining rainfall places farming at risk in Bihar

Street plays help the farmers articulate their problems and learn innovative farming practices easily (Photo by Rakhee Roytalukdar)

Vagad farmers stage progress marches

Villagers of Podaguda village in Malkangiri attending the social audit meeting (Photo by Basudev Mahapatra)

Social audit empowers Odisha’s rural poor

Families in Rampura face homelessness (Photo by Maithreyi Kamalanathan)

Villagers face eviction near Panna forest reserve

The government’s income support to small farmers may not be sustainable in the long run (Photo by Jeevan Singla)

Is farmer income support a sustainable solution?

People with disabilities face a tough life in our country (Photo by Kailas Kokare)

Rural India still insensitive to persons with disabilities

Women such as Mallika gave up farm labor work to turn entrepreneurs to revive traditional knowledge and regular use of herbs (Photo by Balasubramaniam N.)

Tamil women bank on herbs to boost income

Teenaged Santhal girls Bitti Mardi, Malati Hansda and Arpita Murmu have taken to football, defying traditions and opposition, hopeful of a better future (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Santhal girls shatter social taboo playing football

Women, such as Mokshamma of Madya Nisedha Andolana, have been demanding prohibition since 2016 (Photo by Madya Nishedha Andolana)

Village women up in arms against alcoholism

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