Articles by: Madhav Sharma

Bhil women solve village water crisis using Covid pandemic relief

Bhil women solve village water crisis using Covid pandemic relief

Since March 2020 the Covid pandemic has created great misery around the country, whether due to repeated  lockdowns or the havoc wreaked by the second wave in May last year. However, during this dark period there were also some positive stories to tell. One of them is from Danavav village, situated in the foothills of Mount Abu, in Sirohi district[Read More…]

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Night schools bring literacy to children affected by Covid’s economic impact

Night schools bring literacy to children affected by Covid’s economic impact

11 year old Ruby (name changed) never saw the face of any school. Because her father is a poor farmer cultivating one bigha of land and mother Hansa Devi works as a labourer under the MNREGA or national employment guarantee scheme. That’s why the parents leave Ruby at home to take care of their two younger siblings. Early in the[Read More…]

by 10/03/2022 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Disturbing increase in child labour during Covid

Disturbing increase in child labour during Covid

There has been a steep increase in child labour in the country during the Covid pandemic period that shows severe economic distress among large sections of the population. The figures of the government itself are telling that apart from the mental, physical health of the children, this virus has forced them to work at a young age. Children have started[Read More…]

by 20/02/2022 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
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Helping families of child workers during Corona

Soon after the Covid-19 pandemic hit India in March 2020, the imposition of a nationwide lockdown forced millions of desperate migrant workers, deprived of income or security, to return their home across the country. However, their problems did not end even after they returned from the city to the village. After coming to the village, many of them remained unemployed.[Read More…]

by 28/01/2022 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Religious leaders promote Covid vaccination in Rajasthan

Religious leaders promote Covid vaccination in Rajasthan

As 2021 ended the Government of Rajasthan made a concerted push to increase Covid vaccination rates in the state by announcing a series of disincentives. The unvaccinated it said will not be eligible for benefits under government schemes and may also have to pay fines. While this new policy was prompted by the arrival of the Omicron variant and fears[Read More…]

by 09/01/2022 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Rajasthan farming implement makers hit by low sales due to Covid

Rajasthan farming implement makers hit by low sales due to Covid

The ‘jheli’ is a wooden rake, popular in both rural and urban areas of Rajasthan and its neighbouring states, for its multiple uses as well as low cost. Since early 2020 though, with the arrival of the Covid pandemic, the market for this handy instrument has shrunk drastically threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of villagers in parts of Rajasthan who[Read More…]

by 16/12/2021 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Rajasthan’s open mines invite disaster

Rajasthan’s open mines invite disaster

  In March 2020, while activity of all kinds came to a standstill across the country due to the Covid lockdown, the impact was negligible on one industrial sector in Rajasthan – mining. After a 10 day shut down in April 2020 initially,  the state government gave permission for mining, a sign of the enormous political and economic clout of[Read More…]

by 06/12/2021 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Fewer camels, low prices mar Rajasthan’s Pushkar camel fair

Fewer camels, low prices mar Rajasthan’s Pushkar camel fair

Rajasthan’s over 100 years old Pushkar Mela is one of the most famous and largest camel fairs in the world. Due to the Covid pandemic though, the event has taken a big hit with both low arrivals of camels for sales and plummeting prices for the animals. “ I have been coming to Pushkar fair continuously for 10 years. This is the first[Read More…]

by 27/11/2021 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Amidst Covid Rajasthan villagers hunt ‘witches’

Amidst Covid Rajasthan villagers hunt ‘witches’

On the 4th of October, 2021, an attempt was made to kill a woman in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan by calling her a ‘witch’. The victim is a resident of Ulela village of Jahazpur block. This is not the first incident of women being accused of being ‘witches’ and even killed in Bhilwara district, nor will it probably be the[Read More…]

by 02/11/2021 Comments are Disabled COVID Response Watch
Atrocities on women rise in Rajasthan during Covid pandemic

Atrocities on women rise in Rajasthan during Covid pandemic

The Covid pandemic has adversely affected every section of society in some way or the other in India. The biggest impact, in social and economic terms, however seems to have been on women, for whom the pandemic period has been a nightmare of sorts. Crimes against women have increased significantly as per the monthly crime reports of Rajasthan Police. From[Read More…]

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