Stories

Dream…. That began in the streets of a village

 Himanshi Maratha, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Since childhood, my heart has been beating to help others. But this heartbeat turned into action when it found a platform. I was in eighth grade. With support from TDH, HESCO formed a Green Club for children in my village. I joined the group and learnt

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When Survival Costs a Woman Her Body

How far will a person go to earn two meals a day? For hundreds of women in the Beed district of Maharashtra, survival has come at a devastating cost: the loss of their uterus. In April 2019, a local Indian newspaper reported a shocking rise in hysterectomies in the Beed

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The Invisible Workforce Behind Our Everyday Convenience

(This article is based on a study conducted by Dr Kuldeepsingh Rajput and Dr Nitin Jadhav) Have you heard of gig platform workers? Perhaps not by that name. But if you have ever ordered food from Zomato, groceries from Blinkit, or a product from Amazon, then you already know them.

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A Solar Solution to Safe Drinking Water in Dhaba Village, Asifabad                                                                     

Access to safe drinking water is one of the most basic yet most unevenly distributed necessities in rural and tribal India. In remote villages, water scarcity is not just an infrastructure gap—it shapes health outcomes, gender roles, childhood nutrition, and everyday dignity. When clean water is absent, women carry the

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Combating Malnutrition in Shahada Block, Nandurbar

Malnutrition can be effectively addressed when government systems, civil society, corporate social responsibility, and communities work together through a First 1000 Days approach. Drawing from a successful Shahada block intervention, Jayashree Sapkal & Anamika Dey highlight how community-centric, system-strengthening models can deliver sustainable maternal and child nutrition outcomes at scale.

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Dream…. That began in the streets of a village

 Himanshi Maratha, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Since childhood, my heart has been beating to help others. But this heartbeat turned into action when it found a platform. I was in eighth grade. With support from TDH, HESCO formed a Green Club for children in my village. I joined the group and learnt

Read More »

When Survival Costs a Woman Her Body

How far will a person go to earn two meals a day? For hundreds of women in the Beed district of Maharashtra, survival has come at a devastating cost: the loss of their uterus. In April 2019, a local Indian newspaper reported a shocking rise in hysterectomies in the Beed

Read More »

The Invisible Workforce Behind Our Everyday Convenience

(This article is based on a study conducted by Dr Kuldeepsingh Rajput and Dr Nitin Jadhav) Have you heard of gig platform workers? Perhaps not by that name. But if you have ever ordered food from Zomato, groceries from Blinkit, or a product from Amazon, then you already know them.

Read More »

A Solar Solution to Safe Drinking Water in Dhaba Village, Asifabad                                                                     

Access to safe drinking water is one of the most basic yet most unevenly distributed necessities in rural and tribal India. In remote villages, water scarcity is not just an infrastructure gap—it shapes health outcomes, gender roles, childhood nutrition, and everyday dignity. When clean water is absent, women carry the

Read More »

Combating Malnutrition in Shahada Block, Nandurbar

Malnutrition can be effectively addressed when government systems, civil society, corporate social responsibility, and communities work together through a First 1000 Days approach. Drawing from a successful Shahada block intervention, Jayashree Sapkal & Anamika Dey highlight how community-centric, system-strengthening models can deliver sustainable maternal and child nutrition outcomes at scale.

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