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Social divisions limit the happiness, well-being and prosperity that we could potentially achieve

The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, is a community-driven poverty reduction initiative

In Nilanjana Bhowmick's, 'Lies Our Mothers Told Us: The Indian Woman’s Burden' the protagonists are middle-class women who have been lying to their daughters about 'having it all' with being a 'mother, teacher, wife, chef, housekeeper and a nanny'.

HIGH DEBT VS DUTY HIKES Shivaji Sarkar The Union Budget to be tabled on 1 February has many hearts beating, a lot of hopes rising and will set the pace for the economy. However, the high expectations may not match the formulations that are unlikely to be easy, if not tough. Amid the raucous voices on the farm laws, RSS top leader Suresh Bhaiyaji Joshi has suggested a middle path to resolve the issue. A top magazine survey reports that 73 per cent of people have faith in Prime Minister Modi which the pandemic, recession and protests could not dent. This makes the government confident in presen...

Look hard. Do you see any woman among the protesting farmers? The reason is simple — Women hardly own agricultural land. Lakshadweep and Meghalaya are the best among all the 35 states and Union Territories at providing land rights to women; Punjab and West Bengal are the worst, according to an index created by the Bhubaneswar-based Centre for Land Governance, an arm of consultancy firm NR Management Consultants. The index was prepared using the data on women’s operational holdings from the agriculture census of 2011, the share of adult women owning farm land from the Indian Human Devel...