Mariya Rajan 07/09/21 Mariya Rajan 07/09/21

WHERE’S MY LOO?

Kusum and Pinki are just two of the millions of women in rural India who do not have access to a toilet. The two live in a village in the northern state of Haryana, which according to the Indian government, is open-defecation free. Local activist Sameer Bakshi?s family raises the issue.

Vishal Arora 01/08/21 Vishal Arora 01/08/21

D FOR DOWRY

Awadh Kishore and Draupadi Kumari, a couple from northern India’s Bundelkhand agricultural region, are not only unable to sustain their family financially but also need to arrange large sums of money for the marriage of their four young daughters.

Mariya Rajan 28/07/21 Mariya Rajan 28/07/21

THE CURIOUS CASE OF WATER CRISIS

The lives of the people from a small community in Delhi revolve around waiting for the water truck their only source of water to arrive. It’s supposed to come daily, but it doesn’t.

Vishal Arora 01/07/21 Vishal Arora 01/07/21

LIVES AT RISK

Kaazim Ahmad, a 62-year-old man, was stripped and beaten with a blunt object due to his Muslim identity in Noida city in the National Capital Region on July 4. He narrated the incident to Asad Ashraf and Surabhi Singh.

Mariya Rajan 02/06/21 Mariya Rajan 02/06/21

DEEPAK KUMAR NEHRA

Deepak Kumar Nehra, a farmer from the northern Haryana state, is on his way to Delhi to join the farmers? protest to express solidarity with fellow farmers speaking out against three new farm laws, but he falls off his tractor and dies. He?s one of the many farmers who’ve died while protesting

Mariya Rajan 01/06/21 Mariya Rajan 01/06/21

ON ELECTION DUTY

A tragedy strikes Mahima Gupta after her husband, Neeraj Gupta, a government employee, is sent on election duty amid a raging pandemic.

Mariya Rajan 03/05/21 Mariya Rajan 03/05/21

DINNER WITH KHANS

Nearly four years after their son was lynched for being Muslim, the Khan family in the northern state of Haryana struggles to cope with the grief while fighting for justice. Host Harshita Rathore explores what identity-based discrimination and violence do to the minds and hearts of members of a community.

Vishal Arora 01/05/21 Vishal Arora 01/05/21

SELFLESS SERVICE

Raj Kumar Rana, a Dalit Sarpanch from Nurpur Village in Punjab, has been committed to the development of his community. Despite his earnest efforts, state-level party politics have significantly hindered his progress. The Panchayati Raj system, designed to empower local communities and promote responsive governance, faces challenges when state politics intrude. In the case of Sarpanch Rana, his firm stance leads to unforeseen consequences for him and his family.

Vishal Arora 01/05/21 Vishal Arora 01/05/21

THE CURIOUS CASE OF POWER CUTS

Can We Get Rid of Power Cuts in India? Despite being a power “surplus” country, India has many parts that experience power cuts. India adds to its generating capacity every year but the effort appears to be futile. Most of the generated power gets lost during transmission. Such losses, inefficient bill collection and power thefts are among the contributing factors behind power cuts.

Vishal Arora 01/05/21 Vishal Arora 01/05/21

LIFE IN A VILLAGE

The second wave of the coronavirus in India appears to be beginning to subside in cities, but the spread of COVID-19, it seems, is shifting to villages, which look even more unprepared (than cities) to deal with the crisis.

Vishal Arora 01/05/21 Vishal Arora 01/05/21

COVID - 19 | Help Never Arrived

A young journalist, Rahul Suryawanshi, shares about the efforts he made to save the life of his father, Toran Singh Suryawanshi, a government school teacher who gets infected with COVID-19 after going on a vaccine-awareness duty.