Irregular attendance in government schools cost children a shot at a brighter future. Parents prefer their children working and consider it to be the only solution to their weakening financial conditions. By Chirag Dutta April 5, 2020 The address leads to the edge of Chikoppa, fifth house on the right in the last row of […]
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Despite getting GI tag, the chappal makers didn’t receive an authorised user certificate With orange stains on his fingers, Bayaji Babu continued to paint the Kolhapuri chappals with vegetable colour using a piece of cloth. The leather smell in the cramped airless room never tires the family. They all sit together as a group and […]
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Granite industries in Ilkal, Karnataka, act like nothing but a slow poison not just for the labourers who work there day in and day out but also the environment. By Nikita Arora In the scorching afternoon heat, Yogendra Nath of Rajasthan who is a worker at a granite industry in Ilkal, Karnataka, lifted a bunch […]
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the Hungund taluk of Northern Karnataka many villagers are still trying to get compensation money for the land and houses loss after seven months of the flood. By Bibek BaidyaApril 5, 2020. Bangalore. In 2019 March-April and then September-October north Karnataka was twice flooded. More than 5,81,897 peoples are affected due to flood and almost […]
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A promised Minimum Support Price still remains an unachievable dream for the Bajra farmers; leaving them no option but to survive or switch By Shivani Verma Muddebihal: Every morning around seven, all the farmers and traders would be present at the APMC yard — full of the crowd and life of its own. All of […]
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The lack of public health centers in the Maski taluk is causing the rise of health issues and improper treatment of the patients for a long time now. By Sajeet Lakra Maski taluk has around 18 villages but the lack of Public Health Centres (PHC) leads to the ignorance of the health of the patients. […]
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More than one-third of farmers in India take loans from local money lenders and end up bearing the burden of paying interest rate three to four times more than what banks and co-operative societies charge. These farmers do not get the benefits of loan waivers as well. Vivek Kumar MApril 05, 2020 Ningappa, a farmer […]
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Maski taluk of the Raichur district has an increasing number of girls’ dropout rates from schools and colleges. Lack of awareness about education is the prime reason behind it. Alfiya is a 4th standard student from an Urdu Primary School of the Digganayakanabhavi village of the Maski taluk in the Raichur district of north Karnataka. […]
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Lambani art still awaits a place on the marketing map Twenty-five years of Santhi Bai’s life been given to suirkam embroidery and Sandur Kushala Kala Kendra (SKKK). She has received a national award in the year 2000. She is the supervisor of the lambani community who works at the Kendra, sometimes sitting on her chair, […]
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Construction of houses for nearly 25 percent beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin scheme has been stalled indefinitely in Gangavathi taluk. Villagers, who are enlisted to get the money for the country’s flagship scheme have no clue where their fate lies. By Ritam Chatterjee Savitri Amma and her 70-year-old husband Anjinappa live […]
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