women empowerment
This khadi collective in a Karnataka village has clients around the world

A diversified Gandhian village economy attempting to train Dalit women and women from other marginalised castes in new remunerative skills

The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India

The tribe’s resilience is based on an intellectual heritage—one taught not in writing but in oral lore, manual skills, and naturalist knowledge.

Kerala to Follow Collective Farming Instead of Corporate Farming, Says State Agriculture Minister

Community networks are involved in collective farming (which is based on social ownership of means of production and collective labour.)

Rearing goats empower women in rural Bihar

The women said that income from goats was theirs and they decided its usage.

महिलाओं की मेहनत रंग लाई (in Hindi)

इससे महिलाएं आत्मनिर्भर हुई हैं, उनके परिवार की आर्थिक स्थिति मजबूत हुई है, बच्चों की शिक्षा बेहतर हुई है।

How mangrove nurseries are changing the lives of Odisha women & the forest around them

Mangrove forests act as natural bio-shields against the tidal surges of severe storms and protect the life and property of coastal communities

Even More Starkly, We See How Liberal Democracies are Unjust

In these seven decades, we should have worked towards building power at village level, so that villagers are the local key decision-makers.

Plastic ban in J&K opens door for revival of wicker crafts

“If the government takes a firm decision that the ban on plastic, will be strictly implemented, our craft can give rise to an important industry..."

Khabar Lahariya brings women’s voices to rural media in India

Khabar Lahariya’s biggest impact has been to establish a cadre of full-time rural women reporters from marginalized communities