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Cómo un banco de herramientas combate la pobreza rural en semiárido indio
PUNE, India – Dharashiv es uno de los distritos más pobres del estado de Maharashtra, en el oeste de la India. Ubicado en la región semiárida de Marathwada, carece de ríos importantes y de buenos embalses, mientras la calidad del suelo es deficiente y no retiene el agua, ni siquiera durante las lluvias intensas. Los agricultores dependen de pozos perforados y pozos de riego.
India: How a Tool Bank Beats Poverty in Rural Maharashtra
Chaff being loaded for cutting in a machine for fodder. Credit: Supplied PUNE, India, June 10 (IPS) - Dharashiv is one of the poorest districts in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Located in the semi-arid region of Marathwada, it has no major river and is not blessed with good reservoirs. The soil quality is poor and unable to retain water, even during heavy rainfall. Farmers depend on borewells and wells. Farm ponds go dry beyond February, leaving farmers bereft.
India: How a Tool Bank Beats Poverty in Rural Maharashtra
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La hipertensión y la diabetes crecen entre las comunidades pobres de la India Original
MANN, India – Generalmente consideradas enfermedades de las clases altas, las enfermedades no transmisibles (ENT) como la hipertensión y la diabetes están en aumento entre las clases desfavorecidas de la India, tanto en zonas semiurbanas como rurales. Un caso es de Mohan Ahire. Jardinero de mediana edad en la ciudad occidental de Pune, Mohan nunca se dio cuenta de que la pesadez en su cabeza era un síntoma de hipertensión.
Intian köyhätkin alkavat sairastua elintasosairauksiin
Mann, Intia 1.9.25 (IPS) Aiemmin varakkaiden vaivoina pidetyt elintapoihin liittyvät sairaudet, kuten korkea verenpaine ja kakkostyypin diabetes, lisääntyvät Intian vähäosaisen työväenluokan keskuudessa. Tilannetta pahentaa useimpien sairastuneiden tietämättömyys taudeistaan. Punen kaupungissa elävä keski-ikäinen puutarhuri Mohan Ahire oli yksi tietämättömistä.
Hypertension and Diabetes Grows Among India's Poor Communities
Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Climate Change, Featured, Gender, Headlines, Health, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Women's Health Health Reprint | | Print | MANN, India, Aug 26 2025 (IPS) - Generally thought to be diseases of the wealthier classes, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like hypertension and diabetes are on the rise among India’s underprivileged working classes in semi-urban and rural sprawls. Take the case of Mohan Ahire.
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Los sidis, una minoría única de India, se incorpora a la sociedad con una iniciativa turística
LINGADBAEL, India – La comunidad sidi, descendiente de esclavos de África, se involucra cada vez más en empresas tradicionales, como una iniciativa de alojamiento en casas de familia en el bosque, que está cambiando su suerte después de años de discriminación en la India, dondeprimero vivieron esclavizados y luego en parte aislados.
Siddis of India-a Unique Community Starts Tourist Venture
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Ventas irregulares y apatía gubernamental acechan a los tejedores en India Original
SIDDIPET, POCHAMPALLY Y KOYALAGUDDEM, India – El estado de Telangana, en el sur de la India, ha sido históricamente un centro de tejidos de algodón y seda de gran calidad. Pero en los últimos años la falta de acceso a mercados, el alto costo de los insumos y la apatía del gobierno en apoyarlos han afectado gravemente a la comunidad de tejedores. Como resultado, las nuevas generaciones están abandonando esta ocupación tradicional en busca de actividades más rentables.
Erratic Sales and Government Apathy Hurt Telangana Weavers
Arts, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Labour, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Arts Reprint | | Print | SIDDIPET, POCHAMPALLY & KOYALAGUDDEM, India, Jan 8 2025 (IPS) - The southern Indian state of Telangana has always been home to exquisite cotton and silk weaves. But in recent years, lack of market access, expensive inputs, and government apathy have taken their toll on the weaving community.
Una tradición rejuvenecida ayuda a salvar una maravilla de ingeniería de India: el lago Dhamapur
PUNE, India – Dhamapur es una pequeña aldea del distrito de Sindhudurg, en el oeste de la India y donde se encuentra el famoso lago del mismo nombre. Durante el imperio Vijayanagar, en el año 1530 se construyó allí una represa de rocas, creando un lago artificial rodeado de colinas. Unos canales conectan el lago Dhamapur con el río Karli, irrigando exuberantes arrozales donde se cultivan las variedades de arroz rojo Sorti y Walay, típicas de la región.
Rejuvenating Tradition Help Save Ancient Marvel-Dhamapur Lake
Arts, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Conservation, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Headlines, Natural Resources, Religion, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Environment Reprint | | Print | PUNE, India, Oct 2 2024 (IPS) - Dhamapur is a small village in Malvan taluka of west Sindhudurg district, housing the famous Dhamapur Lake.
Intian Sawantwadin käsin tehtyjen puulelujen vuosisatainen perinne uhkaa katketa
Pune 24.6.24 (IPS) Sawantwadi on kauan ollut tunnettu puuleluistaan. Intian Maharashtran osavaltion Goan vastaisella rajalla sijaitsevan Sawantwadin puulelut ovat käsityöperinnettä, jota seudun aiemmat hallitsijat vaalivat ja jonka sanottiin heijastavan alueen henkeä. Vuosisatojen ajan Maharashtran ja Goan lapset varttuivat leikkimällä Sawantwadin… Continue Reading → Login: Password: Du behöver ett aktiverat användarnamn och lösenord för att läsa artikeln. Om du redan har det, kan du ändra dem här.
Sawantwadis Traditional Handmade Toys Struggle for Survival
PUNE, Jun 14 (IPS) - Sawantwadi in Maharashtra, on the western coast of India, bordering Goa, has always been known for its wooden toys. A picturesque town amid hills and lush greenery, Sawantwadi retains an old-world charm to this day. The regal Sawantwadi Palace holds pride of place, with colleges, schools, and temples cloistered around the periphery of the lake, which was once an extension of the royal grounds.
Sawantwadi’s Traditional Handmade Toys Struggle for Survival
Arts, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Cooperatives, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Natural Resources, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Arts Reprint | | Print | PUNE, Jun 14 2024 (IPS) - Sawantwadi in Maharashtra, on the western coast of India, bordering Goa, has always been known for its wooden toys. A picturesque town amid hills and lush greenery, Sawantwadi retains an old-world charm to this day.
Sawantwadi’s Traditional Handmade Toys Struggle for Survival - Global Issues
PUNE, Jun 14 (IPS) – Sawantwadi in Maharashtra, on the western coast of India, bordering Goa, has always been known for its wooden toys. A picturesque town amid hills and lush greenery, Sawantwadi retains an old-world charm to this day. The regal Sawantwadi Palace holds pride of place, with colleges, schools, and temples cloistered around the periphery of the lake, which was once an extension of the royal grounds.
Alleviating Urban Poverty Through Livelihood Generation
“In keeping with the requirements in an urban setting, we intend to provide improved skill sets in carpentry, plumbing, welding, and the like that can help workers access better employment opportunities both within and outside Bihar. For instance, there are around 50,000 to 100,000 Bihar workers in the Tiruppur hosiery industry. We intend to provide them with the necessary skill certification through the National Skill Development Council,” Jeevika CEO Rahul Kumar told IPS.
Alleviating Urban Poverty Through Livelihood Generation
PUNE, INDIA, Aug 30 2023 (IPS) – In a bid to tackle the complexities of urban poverty, the Government of Bihar’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) has launched Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari (SJY Urban). The program will include a time-bound series of multifaceted interventions addressing food security, social inclusion, and sustainable economic livelihoods to enable participating households to achieve a better standard of living.
Alleviating Urban Poverty Through Livelihood Generation
Aid, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Featured, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Poverty & SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Poverty & SDGs Reprint | | Print | PUNE, INDIA, Aug 30 2023 (IPS) - In a bid to tackle the complexities of urban poverty, the Government of Bihar’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) has launched Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari (SJY Urban).
Cómo organizaciones indias benefician a los agricultores de subsistencia Original
MANDLA, JHARGRAM y AHMEDNAGAR, India – Hasta hace una década, los campesinos indios como Gangotri y Sunitabai, carecían de opciones para asegurar su subsistencia durante las temporadas agrícolas posteriores al impacto de monzones.
How Farmer Producer Organisations Benefit Small Scale Farmers in India
Asia-Pacific, Cooperatives, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Sustainability, Headlines, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Food and Agriculture Reprint | | Print | MANDLA, JHARGRAM & AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA, May 26 2023 (IPS) - Until a decade ago, marginal farmers Gangotri Chandrol and Sunitabai lacked livelihood options in the post-monsoon season.
An Army Doctor Discovers For Most Rural Women The Kitchen Is A Battleground
By Rina Mukherji “It is not just rural folk. Even the lower middle and middle class in urban India pay scant attention to the health of women working in the kitchens,” Doctor, Monica Barne quips. “To bring about a change, the younger generation needs to step up.
Cómo la covid ha sido una oportunidad para jóvenes de la India rural Original
PUNE, India – Ya antes, estudios en India habían resaltado el potencial del espacio de trabajo compartido, conocido mundialmente como coworking, en India. Pero tuvo que llegar la pandemia de covid-19 para impulsar la transición hacia ese sistema de cotrabajo en espacios cercanos a los hogares de los participantes.
How Covid-19 Proved an Opportunity for Youth in Small-Town India
Asia-Pacific, COVID-19, Featured, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Labour Reprint | | Print | PUNE, INDIA, Feb 8 2023 (IPS) - While a 2017 study by the Confederation of Indian Industry Jones Lang LaSalle India and WeWork noted the potential in India’s co-working segment, it took COVID-19 for people to transition to co-working spaces close to home.
Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation — Global Issues - Rodina News
Pune, Oct 19 (IPS) – Fourteen-year-old Priti Pyne was returning from school in Basra village in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, when she and a friend came across a cold-drink seller selling an attractive-looking drink. The moment the girls sipped it, however, they felt dizzy. When they woke up, it was on a Delhi-bound train at Sealdah station in Kolkata. With the help of other passengers, the girls managed to get off the train.
Indiferencia de poderes de India privan a víctimas de trata de una compensación
PUNE, India – Priti Pyne, de 14 años, volvía de la escuela en el pueblo de Basra, en el estado de Bengala Occidental, en el este de India, cuando ella y una amiga se encontraron con un vendedor de bebidas frías que vendía una de aspecto apetitoso. Sin embargo, en el momento en que las chicas le dieron un sorbo, se sintieron mareadas. Cuando se despertaron, estaban en un tren con destino a Delhi, la capital del país, en la estación de Sealdah, en Calcuta, la capital del estado.
Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation - Global Issues
Pune, Oct 19 (IPS) – Fourteen-year-old Priti Pyne was returning from school in Basra village in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, when she and a friend came across a cold-drink seller selling an attractive-looking drink. The moment the girls sipped it, however, they felt dizzy. When they woke up, it was on a Delhi-bound train at Sealdah station in Kolkata. With the help of other passengers, the girls managed to get off the train.
Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation
Asia-Pacific, Child Labour, Featured, Headlines, Human Trafficking, TerraViva United Nations Human Trafficking Reprint | | Print | Pune, Oct 19 2022 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Priti Pyne was returning from school in Basra village in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, when she and a friend came across a cold-drink seller selling an attractive-looking drink. The moment the girls sipped it, however, they felt dizzy. When they woke up, it was on a Delhi-bound train at Sealdah station in Kolkata.
Tradición e innovación combaten el cambio climático en agricultura india
PUNE, India – A pesar de que el clima errático y las temperaturas extremadamente altas aumentan las plagas y afectan a las cosechas, una combinación de métodos tradicionales innovados y manejo integrado de plagas, mediante cultivos intercalados y en multicapas está ayudando a los agricultores de dos distritos de India a afrontar estos impactos del cambio climático. Los distritos de Ahmednagar y Aurangabad, en el estado occidental de Maharashtra, son regiones semiáridas del interior de India.
Traditional, Time-Tested Methods and a Modern App Helps Beat Climate Change
Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Green Economy, Natural Resources, TerraViva United Nations By Rina Mukherji Reprint | | Print | Devka and Krishna Desai on their multilayer farm. They are happy because this method has brought them great success. Here they are with their harvest of bananas and papaya.
Was It Blind Faith Or Were Superstitions Made Up For Practical Reasons?
Whenever we cannot back something up with facts, we use words like ‘faith’ or ‘superstition’. I don’t know if it’s a product of our times. But ‘faith’ has a good vibe to it, but superstition has become, if not a ‘bad word’ at least something old school.
Child reporters tackle social ills in Firozabad
* Poverty-stricken families engaged in giving finishing touches to bangles have been roping in their children in testing the final products * The children involved may be as young as five * Although child labour has been eradicated from the factories, where they once thrived, informal modes continue * Now children from this town have found a voice — the print magazine Balvani-Bacchon ki Awaz **** Akshat* is a child reporter, and, like a good scribe, when he picks up an issue, he follows it...
Life blooms for Odisha farmers with waterbody rejuvenation
Santosh Barik and his family — his wife, parents and two sisters — have been farm labourers in his village in Jalangi, in Balasore district, for as far as he can remember. His 2.5-acre landholding would yield just enough paddy to feed the family, leaving nothing to sell in the market. Life for Bibekananda Pradhan of Dahamunda village was not too different.
‘Mentor Mothers’ raise the bar on nutrition and health
Bommai Samrath, a 29-year-old mother from Nayapara village in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh had always thought a bowl of rice and dal was adequate for each of her children. She herself had never bothered to have much more for her meals. As a result, her elder child had ended up as a low birth weight baby, and limped through childhood with regular coughs, colds and diarrhoea.
Empowering India's Poor so They Don’t Return to Bonded Labour - Part 2
Asia-Pacific, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Poverty & SDGs, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations Human Rights By Rina Mukherji Reprint | | Print | Entire communities are being gradually empowered to resist traffickers and are being taught the necessary legal knowledge to eradicate slave and bonded labour from their midsts in the near future.
Fighting India's Bonded Labour During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Part 1
Asia-Pacific, Children on the Frontline, Editors' Choice, Education, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Migration & Refugees, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations Migration & Refugees By Rina Mukherji Reprint | | Print | Trafficking survivor Devendra Kumar Mulayam, who hails from Shahapur in the Chandouli district of Uttar Pradesh, had to begin working at age 12 to help pay off the two loans his father had taken out.
Picking up the threads in Punjab
“Trinjan” in Punjabi roughly means a women’s collective — a space where rural women gather to spin or weave and use the time spent together to talk, counsel and learn from each other. Today, Trinjan spells empowerment for hundreds of women in the scattered villages of Barnala, Faridkot and Muktsar districts in the fertile Malwa region of the State. It has turned into a movement to revive traditional crafts of durée weaving, basket and khes making.
This lockdown, download a teacher
* Rapidly growing at 55 per cent a year, the Indian edutech market is estimated to be worth US $1.96 billion by 2021 * While the edutech platforms make use of animation and graphics to help students grasp complex concepts, what they lack, is the personal touch that teachers bring. If there is one business that is making hay while the lockdown drains most others, it is the education technology or edutech start-ups.
It takes 7,600 litres of water to make your jeans
Looking for a pair of jeans? Slim-fit, low-waist or baggy? Choose what you like, but make sure that it’s not taking a heavy toll on the environment. According to researchers, a pair of jeans requires 7,600 litres of water to make it through production line. Not surprisingly, across the world, ecologists are looking at jeans — once a symbol of rebellion, and always a youth must-have — with considerable concern.
When parched fields bloomed with flow of water
Until two decades ago, the tribal villages in the neighbouring gram panchayats of Wavoshi and Shedashi of Raigad district, Maharashtra, grew only a single crop of paddy. Meals were confined to rice and dried fish, and some local tubers, because, in spite of heavy rain, there was limited percolation owing to the basalt rocks that are characteristic of these parts. The water would drain into the river, leaving the land parched and fallow for all dry seasons through the year.
This one is an innovative ‘stitches to riches’ story
Upcycling and ‘jugaad’ have always been a part of Indian life and economy. Torn saris or dhotis are often stitched up to make new saris, baby layettes (kantha), and quilts (rajai and godhadi), with the end result an attractive new piece for the family. In Maharashtra, godhadi quilts are a necessary piece of bedding in every household. Yet, until Richa Kulkarni and Aparna Jagtap came together, hardly anyone thought of godhadis as a creative commercial product.
The Woman Who Took on an Institution
I joined The Statesman, Kolkata, as a Senior Reporter on 10 June 2002. My career began in Mumbai where I worked for some leading media houses for about five years. That was followed by a move to Delhi for a PhD on a UGC fellowship. Then marriage brought me to Kolkata and I joined Business Standard until the arrival of my baby daughter pulled me out of full-time work for a while. I was, hence, particularly anxious to resume my journalistic career with a job at The Statesman.
When Bhivpuri took a U-turn
Bhivpuri is a tiny hamlet nestled in the interiors of Karjat in Raigad district of Maharashtra. It is 18 km from Karjat station, and around 100 km from the district headquarters at Alibag.
They see, they learn and they discover
Teenagers Dipti Pramanik and Putul Mondol always look forward to Saturdays. The weekends mean imbibing knowledge from the great outdoors. Both studying in school, it gives them the opportunity to learn about nature and biodiversity in the fields, mangroves and vegetable patches of their village Phoolbari in Sagar block of West Bengal’s Sundarbans region.
Pushing back with their little green fingers
In Tarakdaspur village, Nadia district of West Bengal, 17-year-old Mamuni Biswas has learnt to make compost from dung and dry leaves at the village ICDS (Integrated Child Development Scheme) centre. “We know that this must be used on plants once they grow a little; we cannot use compost once the fruits appear,” she says. Her expertise has enabled her to grow a variety of flowers, besides brinjal, greens, and the medicinal plant Kalmegh.
Why there's a controversy in Kerala over the representation of Asura king Mahabali
There is a furore in Kerala over the representation of the Asura king Mahabali as a handsome man in a statue to be set up rather than a pot-bellied, comical character as in past depictions. Last year, objections were raised over the Sangh Parivar’s resolve to celebrate Onam as Vamana Jayanti. In truth, I have always wondered as to why no one ever questioned the Puranic legends that depicted Vishnu having punished a good king and Vishnu-devotee like Mahabali by pushing him into the nether regions.
Capture Methane | Geography and You
Authors are Secretary, Inter State Council, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and Senior Environmental Journalist, Kolkata, respectively. naini_14@yahoo.co.in Methane, which is mostly generated out of solid waste, is one of the major greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. If methane from solid waste is utilised as a source of energy and fuel, it can become an effective alternative resource. Methane contributes approximately 20 per cent to the annual increase in global warming.
Small farmers perk up the Dooars tea economy
The Bengal Dooars in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas have been home to tea gardens from the days of the British Raj. This region is characterised by rains through the year, and undulating slopes. Winding rivers, abundant greenery, fertile soil and copious annual rain make it ideal for tea cultivation. The Dooars produce is similar to that of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam, but not perceived as superior in quality.
Lost and found on TV: The Hindu Business Line
A cousin’s sudden suicide within days of taking up an engineer’s job in Muscat saw Rafeek Ravuther wake up to the dark side of Gulf migration. Until then, like most Keralites, he had only known of the remittances that made his state prosperous, with holiday resorts springing up at every step. Kerala has contributed the largest number of migrant workers to the oil-rich Gulf region.
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