Youth in India can be termed as sport-fanatic. But years later, they turn into doctors, engineers, chartered accountants, or business consultants. K. Golahalli is a small village on the outskirts of Bangalore with a total population of less than 8,000. On a sunny morning, several children would be found on their bicycles. “Ready, Steady, Go,” […]
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A Waste-to-Energy plant that has been in the process of being established from a long time can help Bengaluru to shift to cleaner energy Chandana, the chief engineer for the upcoming Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Kannahalli looks around the dim meeting room of the Kannahalli Waste Management Plant, as she explains in technical terms her […]
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Lack of friendly cyber spaces causes poor health for the cyber bullied Vijayalakshmi* set a resolution last night to reduce her screen time and instead focus on her own well-being from today. Attempting to do justice to her morning routine, she woke up and went ahead to make her morning coffee. As she proceeded to […]
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Are we bleeding red or plastic? Alka Yadav is an ambitious young woman in her mid-twenties. She is admired by many young girls in her community who often swarm around her in the evening, seeking answers on various issues. She lives with her husband’s parents in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, while her husband […]
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Members of the community say, upcoming generations need to know what already exists, which is natural and needs acceptance Pallavi Pandey, a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, finds it difficult to live in a society where members of the community continue to be subjugated. She says it becomes hard when you have to hide your […]
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Manu Vaddar, a traditional community of well-diggers can recharge Bengaluru’s groundwater level. However, the lack of awareness about their techniques is slowing down the process. Every drop counts for Farzana Sheikh, a resident of Bengaluru’s Kempapura Slum and her neighbours. The slum with around 100 families of migrant workers get water through water tankers after […]
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Fewer ragpickers are willing to collect glass waste owing to the low resale value and fragility of glass. Marie, a 48-year-old woman who has been working for 30 years now in one of the glass waste recycling depots in the Jolly Mohalla in Bangalore, while sitting amidst a heap of glass waste in a pink […]
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Recently, fish kills have increased in several Bangalore lakes, and many fishermen are suffering because of the lack of fish in the lakes. According to the fisheries department, there are 13,013 fishermen population in urban Bangalore, and 2846 are active fishermen. In rural Bangalore, the total fishermen population is 33585, of which 7,346 are active fishermen. […]
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Surveys show 38 percent of women face sexual harassment at their workplace with 50 percent of women believing that it’s still increasing. Women working in companies, working from home, or in a factory as laborer face some sort of sexual harassment. Many of these cases go unnoticed as many women don’t register to complain as […]
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Female children of domestic workers are not allowed to work as anything else but domestic help, even after getting minimum education. In India the working women today aides the economic status of the household and the society as a whole. But our nation is yet to actualize the true potential of women. Even today 94% […]
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