In remote villages of Rajasthan women are assembling small, portable solar lamps and then travelling to different hamlets in the region to retail them. Renu Rakesh reports.
Arifa shows how business is done In conflict-stricken region of Kashmir where women are sheltered and house-bound, it's next to impossible for a woman to be an entrepreneur. Making it possible are women like Arifa, who overcame various challenges to start her own crafts store in Srinagar. Renu Agal meets Arifa to write her inspiring story.
Panipat power plant pollutes with impunity
It has been happening for several years under the nose of the Haryana adminstration.
The nation's top government auditor has issued multiple indictments. And yet they have polluted
recklessly.
Himanshu Upadhyaya
tells the tale.
Awakening the somnolent state
The common thread between our external and internal security predicaments is our approach to time. Most security issues are long-standing
and seemingly interminable. If we understood why this is so, we can change it, writes
Firdaus Ahmed.
Charting their own course
Stifled by a culture of incredulity,
public and private lenders alike have made little progress in supporting women-run businesses,
In such a scenario, self-help groups, better able to judge women's plans for
themselves, have taken up the slack, but there is still a long road to travel for aspiring businesswomen.
Puja Awasthi
reports.
Barefoot, female and a Solar Engineer
The Social Work Research Centre addresses community
problems by building upon people's skills, and placing
the solutions in their own hands.
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