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An enclosed bathing space and toilet, while ensuring better hygiene for the women, also gives them time for other activities (Photo by Gram Vikas)

Piped water allows rural women to bathe in private

A tribal woman in Dantewada district, dependent on forest produce and rain-fed agriculture, has enhanced her income by raising honeybees (Photo by Pragati Prayas Samajik Sewa Sanstha)

Chhattisgarh tribes taste success raising honeybees

Kamal Saikia, who practises organic farming, says he finds the tips offered by Dakor Boson quite useful (Photo by Azera Parveen Rahman)

Traditional agricultural wisdom still relevant in Assam

Fishermen getting ready to fish hilsa using their country boats, even as the declining fish population affects their livelihood (Photo by Dhruba Das Gupta)

Hilsa fishers driven to the edge by overfishing

Organically grown traditional paddy and embankment crop turmeric help Muthukrishnan and Prem Anand sustain agriculture in saline land (Photo by Kevin Samuel)

Coastal farmers tackle salinity with innovative measures

Groundwater recharge has improved availability of potable water in villages in the Marathwada region (Photo by Shashank Deora)

Marathwada farmers harvest water in streams, reap rich yields

Many young people are moving away from their traditional occupation of weaving cotton sarees on handlooms (Photo by Sharada Balasubramanian)

Weavers of Negamam face social, economic challenges

Snehasish already shows symptoms of fluorosis at the age of eight, as groundwater is the only source of drinking water for the village (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Fluorosis extracts a toll in rural West Bengal

Blending tribal people into India’s mainstream

Lambani women such as Somi Bai, who prefer to wear their traditional phetiya-kanchali dress are happy to keep their embroidery tradition alive. (Photo by Amoolya Rajappa)

Lambani embroidery makes a fashion statement

Training local women to become agripreneurs pay rich dividends to smallholder farmers (Photo by C. Zanzanaini)

Agripreneurs can revive smallholder agriculture

Life is suddenly thrown out of gear for women, more so for those with children, divorced through triple talaq declaration (Photo by Chithra Ajith)

Malabar women raise their voice against triple talaq

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