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In Telangana, It Takes A Village To Update Tattered Land Records

KONGARAGIDDA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of ...

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Why Every Single Kid In This Tiny Village In Punjab Knows Classical Music

In the quiet village of Bhaini Sahib in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, it is not uncommon to hear the tunes of classical music emanating from every home. T...

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Educated Village Youth Are Turning Paralegals To Help Landless Rural Folk In Telangana

Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of proving he was the lawful owner of a small plot of land left to him by his father in the southern ...

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The Story Of Sobita Tamuli, The Woman Who Brought Entrepreneurship To Her Small Village In Assam

Back in 2002, SobitaTamuli was an 18-year-old married girl with little formal education, living in a small village in Assam. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur heading...

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IIT Students Come Together To Set Up A Library For 250 Village Kids

As a child, many of us liked to curl up in a corner with a nice, big book in our hands and just be lost in that world for hours on end. Just like us, there are children acr...

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ANTARDRISHTI - India Story Section At 18th Jio MAMI 2016

Mumbai, 19th October, 2016: ANTARDRISHTI – Man with the Binoculars, directed by Rima DasRead More

A 13-Year-Old Boy Who Trains On Mud Courts In His Village Wins The National Tennis Title

In defiance of the belief that only high-end infrastructure and expensive facilities can produce talented tennis players, a boy from Gohana, who learnt and practised the sp...

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Teenage Pregnancies: Why Adivasi Babies Are Dying In Dadra And Nagar Haveli

In June, 18-year-old Parsula Takre attended the funeral of her first child who she did not have a chance to name. A few villagers gathered and buried her son. Takre gave bi...

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Fighting Vitamin A Deficiency With A New Kind Of Sweet Potato, Radio, And People Power

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Across sub-Saharan Africa, a new kind of sweet potato is helping families guard against vitamin A deficiency. Radio is h...

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Meet The 23-Year-Old Who Has Trained More Than 300 Rural Children In Using The Personal Computer

Kainat Ansari first learnt to operate a PC when she was in Class 6. Now, in less than two years, she has introduced the PC to more than 300 children in rural India, enablin...

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