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.…
Madhav Sharma
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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