THE NEWS IN PROPORTION 14 December 2019
SOLAR POWER
Meet the solar sisters

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.
Energy Women

Find out more, and make your contribution today.


CRAFT & EMPOWERMENT
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.
Women Jammu and Kashmir
ENVIRONMENT
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.
Environmental Hazards HARYANA Environment Economic Issues Urban Poor Land Finance Literature Women opinions Rajni Bakshi monbiot Media Interviews Health Interviews Live Stock Tourism Environmental Education Profiles Environment opinions Special ED

ENDLESS STRIFE
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.
Firdaus Ahmed OP-ED Economic Issues Government opinions Health Laws and Governance RTI Law and Policy Urban Poor Creative Media opinions Land ORGs Exposes RTI opinions Society Films and Books Women opinions Women's Representation HARYANA HIMACHAL Politics Health Interviews People Agriculture opinions Literacy Tourism Profiles Environment opinions Subcontinental Musings

WOMEN IN BUSINESS
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.
Women

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.
RAJASTHAN Women
India Together offers an excellent forum for people from diverse fields of expertise to present their views, share their experiences and raise questions about where our country and society are headed in the future.
Amitabha Basu
  • Retired Scientist
  • National Physical
  • Laboratory
  • India Together reader
Topics
Other Sections

Subscribe

India Together

Also see our sister publication

From Aug 2013, published with support from Oorvani Foundation, a champion of public-funded media for the new India.Oorvani Foundation

© Oorvani Media Pvt. Ltd., all rights reserved.