The Catastrophic Illness After Migration

The Land of Paddy is now witnessing several HIV positive cases due to migration. By Lanka Samanth Bangalore, April 20, 2019 In the first-week of every month, Naqba (name changed) visits Siruguppa along with her five-year-old son. As a third wife to her husband, Naqba performs all her duties well. Drying like river Tungabhadra, Naqba […]

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A school without a Life

Government schools in Kushtagi struggles with poor facilities, unskilled teachers and high dropout rates Despite immense shortage of infrastructure and staffs/teachers, the people in Kushtagi Taluk of Koppal district continue to send their children to government schools. This is the state of a poorly constructed education system in Kushtagi. Pawan K is a twelve year […]

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Jan Aushadhi, a non-starter in Siruguppa

The generic medicine scheme is yet to take off in Siruguppa taluk of Karnataka, forcing the poor to purchase expensive medications Generic medicines in India aim at providing quality medicines at affordable prices throughout the country. Though the Government has asked doctors to prescribe generic medicines rather than the branded versions, people still do not […]

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The Lost Chance

This year, around 1100 students of Rabkavi-Banhatti couldn’t continue with their education as they didn’t get scholarship from State Scholarship Portal (SSP) to buy their uniforms, study materials and stationery. State Scholarship Portal is a government helpline under Department of Social Welfare that provides financial aid to students of backward community. To avail the scholarship, […]

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