According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, land is not a mere commodity, but an essential element for the realisation of many human rights. However, as the dalit community of Shidenur village will tell you, land rights stop being equal for everyone if you are marginalised enough. Lambani farmers in Byadagi’s Shidenur village are […]
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Najma was happy about her pregnancy, but her joy lasted for four months only. In January this year, severe abdomen pain woke her up at night; leaving her in tears with the news of miscarriage. Najma Maibusab Mujavar got married last year at the age of 19. The reason behind her miscarriage as stated in […]
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The government started the NREGA scheme to give social protection to rural people but because of late payments, people are not interested to do NREGA work. Lingappa is shuffling through the crowded bank wearing a white kurta that is not white anymore because of Savanur’s dust and almost broken chappal. He is waiting patiently in […]
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In Siruguppa there is a dearth of teachers. Students are unable to understand the subjects taught to them affecting their overall education. B Sunita Vani has been teaching science at the Government High School in Siruguppa for the last nine years. She sits on a chair while her students write a class test sitting down […]
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The village dwellers in Maski taluk do not get adequate water to use for drinking, sanitation and irrigation. They have to store water in small tanks and use it for as long as a week or almost ten days. Maski is a rain dependent geographical area without sufficient water resources. The villages in Maski taluk […]
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Learning has the power to transform an individual’s life but government schools in Maski taluk fail to provide quality education due to lack of teachers and bad infrastructure. Yumna Ahmed April 6, 2020 Sania who was quietly sitting on the classroom floor and looking at the broken board in the hope of learning something new […]
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Despite being promised better sanitation facilities, the people of Gangavathi are stripped off of their basic rights. Though sanitation and health care is an important part of living, the locals are robbed of these basic necessities. “Our condition is really poor. The drains and the roads are in a faulty condition and it’s not just the […]
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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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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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Out of 52 government schools in Athani taluk of Karnataka. Only one school equipped with computer to teach. By Abhinav Kumar Murgundi village is the only school 12 km away from Athani city, where a computer is used by the teacher to take classes, where students learn basic concepts like about computer, can operate basic […]
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