At the Samvaad conclave of Tata Steel Foundation, a short film made by a young tribal filmmaker, Mary Sandhya Lakra, shone the spotlight on the tribulations of adivasi migrant workers.

On January 1, Gaon Connection had reported on the plight of a Mirzapur-based 19-year-old fledgling cricketer who is the daughter of a daily wage labourer. Despite qualifying for a cricket tournament in Delhi, Jyoti wasn't sure if she can travel and participate in the event due to lack of money. India Cares has extended help to the young cricketer. Details here.

A total of 168 women from 79 villages in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district have been roped in as voluntary agents of change and are tasked with connecting the women in their villages with the immediate healthcare services. Despite no financial rewards for their voluntary service, here's what drives these women to do what they do.

Displaced from their forest homes inside the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, tribal inhabitants struggled for years to find a place to call their own. A group of 32 Baiga tribe families now live in Chichrangpur village in the buffer zone where a non-profit is training them in farming and other means of livelihood.

Saguni Devi Bairva is an adivasi farmer from Ajmer, Rajasthan, and she so inspired another young adivasi, Arti Singh from Chhattisgarh, that latter made a documentary on her called ‘Kisan Hoon, Nidar Hoon’, which was recently screened at the Green Hub Central India (GHCI) festival in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Launched a year ago to increase the participation of rural women in the national employment guarantee programme, the 'Mahila Mate' scheme in Uttar Pradesh has helped in providing better incomes to the rural women. In Sonbhadra district, half the labourforce is women.

From blistered hands and racking coughs to financial savings and bright smiles – this is the story of women of Kedia in Bihar who took up organic farming. It has not just improved the health of their families and the soil, but also transformed their own lives.

Ma Panchubarahi is perhaps the only temple in Odisha where five Dalit priestesses conduct the rituals. While they do not get a monthly salary, they are given grains, vegetables, fruits etc., by the local community. In 2018, this centuries old temple was relocated due to the sea-level rise.

Having tired of his stressful corporate job, Sachin Kothari decided he would turn to something that he loved doing and that would give him peace of mind as well as a healthy remuneration. He owns a nursery in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and his saplings travel across the country.