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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Mahila Milan's toilets stand out in Wadala
Posted on 07 Jun, 2016 09:27 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/Shanthi_toilets_2878979f.jpg?itok=tTpg8FG7)
Business interests and environmental crisis: A book review
Posted on 05 Jun, 2016 07:03 AMA number of Asian countries are going through environmental crisis. Nowhere is the impact felt so seriously than in India, where the crisis threatens to affect survival. It is also impacting biodiversity, ecology and livelihoods. In this context, it becomes important to understand how nature and the current environmental crisis are being addressed in policy discourses.
![Business profits and the environmental crisis (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/enviroment.jpg?itok=brBjUxtQ)
Kolkata's ponds on shaky ground
Posted on 01 Jun, 2016 09:38 PMUrban water bodies have an important role in the urban ecology. It is not just a source or water collected somewhere but is an integral part of life--a haven for different types of trees, insects, birds and small animals.
![College Square tank or Gol Dighi, one of the very old ponds in Kolkata](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ponds.jpg?itok=5mDoyL8u)
Young professionals lead the way in water and sanitation
Posted on 31 May, 2016 12:22 PMHirehandigola village in Gadag district of North Karnataka is an unsurprising picture of rural India.
![Hirehandigola village, North Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hirehandigola_village_image1.jpg?itok=KmSU2K6F)
Breaking the silence: World Menstrual Hygiene Day
Posted on 30 May, 2016 08:43 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/MHDay3.jpg?itok=gXPTQSye)
‘Bharat Mata’ weeps in dry Marathwada
Posted on 30 May, 2016 09:25 AMThe image of a woman walking for miles with a pot of water on her head, another pot in one arm and a frail child clutching on to the other arm does not surprise anyone in Marathwada.
![Women wait for water in Latur (Source: Roshan Rathod)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/marathwada_3.jpg?itok=yO6OKlv3)
Towards a trash-free period
Posted on 27 May, 2016 08:11 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/MHM4.jpg?itok=LApMfihi)
Breaching barriers towards better menstrual hygiene
Posted on 27 May, 2016 04:06 PMThe female menstrual cycle is the intricate work of hormones. Usually, girls start their cycle anywhere between 12 and 17 years of age when a series of changes prepare their uterus for child-bearing. The body produces the hormone oestrogen which stimulates the growth of a protective lining inside the uterus to cushion the baby in preparation of pregnancy every month.
![An IWP fellow talks to girls about menstrual hygiene at the Nirmal Bharat Yatra in Gorakhpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8186617929_0df95164ca_z.jpg?itok=-eRPrtp4)
Changing seasons and diarrhoeal diseases
Posted on 19 May, 2016 09:07 AMAccess to safe drinking water and diarrhoeal diseases in India
![Water quality, seasonality and diarrhoeal diseases (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_10.jpg?itok=kmUEBjZq)
Collateral damage: Buffalo herders and privatisation of water
Posted on 17 May, 2016 11:23 AMKishan Yadav has a lot in common with the popular flute-playing god whose namesake he is. They share a name, a caste, a profession, and the land they live on.
![Buffaloes huddle in the meagre shade offered by roadside trees in their search for water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/buffaloescover.jpg?itok=a7YQufvQ)