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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Think, before you have your cup of tea!
Posted on 19 Aug, 2020 06:58 PMIndia is the second largest tea producer in the world, with production at 1.2 million metric tons
![Women workers at a tea plantation in Assam (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tea_garden_0.jpg?itok=gFVVd7Zj)
Gender-sensitive response to the climate crisis
Posted on 14 Aug, 2020 11:19 AMA crowd of people jostling by the ticket counter at Jhansi railway station in Uttar Pradesh; men and women, some with families in tow, boarding trains to Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and other big cities. These are common sights during the summer months at Jhansi, a major town and railway junction.
![Women and girls spend a considerable amount of their time in fetching water. (Image: Romit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_2_1.jpg?itok=W61Cp1SI)
Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:41 AMNGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities
![NGT gets strict with commercial entities (Source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32493765187_81650bd26f_c_1_0.jpg?itok=VbwhA7fP)
Interspecies love in a flood-ravaged Assam village
Posted on 08 Aug, 2020 03:51 PMSalmora in Majuli river island in Assam is not any ordinary village. Located on the southeastern corner of the island, surrounded by the mighty Brahmaputra on three sides, this village is remarkable in many ways.
![Potters' families belonging to Kumar community of the village make earthen pots (Image: Mitul Baruah)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/salmora_pottery_photo_mitul_baruah.jpg?itok=VTVz42vA)
Migration and the state amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 06 Aug, 2020 06:05 PMThrough no fault of their own, migrants were forced to leave the cities after the government imposed a Covid-19 induced national lockdown in late March. After losing their work, fearing they would run out of cash and food they trudged back along with their families to the villages in search of humanity, food, and a place to live.
![Migrants contribute enormously to urban society and economy (Image: Pexels)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lockdown.jpg?itok=Afg6nHIN)
Money, migration and missing capital: The case of Uttarakhand
Posted on 27 Jul, 2020 10:34 PMUttarakhand’s rural areas are marked by massive outflux of people and it is believed that rural migration may alter the state’s political geography.
![Village in Uttarakhand (Image: Paul Hamilton; Flickr Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttarakkhand-village-paul-hamilton.jpg?itok=5YqkA3Ad)
NREGA tracker looks at the schemes’ performance
Posted on 26 Jul, 2020 08:46 PMAs per the findings of an NREGA tracker launched by the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) the lockdown saw a record spike in jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
![Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nrega_0.jpg?itok=_VxDldgL)
Harnessing demographic dividend amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 21 Jul, 2020 06:42 PMThe Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges to the youth as regards employment opportunities. The policy steps taken by the government have led to a slowdown in economic activities, leading to loss of jobs and mass unemployment.
![Migrant women workers continue to suffer unemployment and underemployment (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman-worker.jpg?itok=Uu71WtZ1)
Bhuj cattle rearers face the heat of lockdown
Posted on 09 Jul, 2020 01:51 PMAkbarbhai (35), a Maldhari (semi-nomadic cattle herder) is struggling to survive as the lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus has hit demand of dairy products badly and led to prices crashing in Bhuj. He lives in Gandhinagari, an informal settlement in Bhuj that is home to around 30 cattle herders. His joint family of 15 members includes his two brothers and three sisters.
![Image: Homes in the City](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhid_naka_vatahan_12.jpg?itok=OufT1jbP)
Surviving in uncertainty
Posted on 08 Jul, 2020 07:33 PMUncertainty - the pervasive feeling that all of us have been living with from the middle of March 2020. It's the same in our partner villages in Odisha and Jharkhand. Communities we work with have been facing and overcoming uncertainties all through their lives. But this time, the crisis has put unusual stress on their abilities to cope.
![Image: Ajaya Behera](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/akb_6198_credit_ajaya_behera.jpg?itok=3nFnAido)