In Banswara district of Rajasthan, a state that ranks low on gender indicators, women endure multiple deliveries due to the social pressure to have a son. But these views are slowly being challenged
Village health workers – ASHAs in state records – hold up the nation's primary healthcare system. Yet, they are paid tiny amounts, get no benefits, and struggle with shortages of supplies and long hours
Kala-azar, caused by the bite of a sandfly, is a killer disease. A non-fatal strain can cause disfigurement, and brings women stigma, even abandonment – as it did for Vidyapati and Lalmati of Bihar’s Saran district
The mid-day meal for kids in zilla parishad schools in Maharashtra lessens the load on families subsisting on limited rations. But the state's budget for the food is meagre, as are its salaries for meal workers
For half a century, people in the villages near the uranium mines of Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district, including the Jaduguda mine, have paid a huge price for their proximity to radioactive slurry and toxic ponds
A ‘nasbandi day’ has replaced sterilisation camps after a 2016 SC order, but it's still mainly women who undergo surgeries – and many in UP do so without any other choice of modern contraception methods
In Koovalapuram and four other villages of Madurai district, menstruating women continue to be isolated in 'guesthouses'. No one challenges the discrimination, fearing the wrath of the gods and humans
When his drug habit grew, Azlan's parents brought him to the de-addiction centre in Srinagar, where growing numbers of young people are seeking help – while heroin use is spreading 'like an epidemic' in Kashmir
A tea garden worker in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal runs a unique ‘bike ambulance’ free of cost for villagers, and he was recently awarded the Padma Shri
‘Model’ parliaments of students are common, but the one at Snehagram, in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district, is not. Its teenaged members run a round-the-year government under irreversibly tragic conditions
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