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Food in the time of conflict

Afghan refugees in India are helping change the perception of their country through food

Geetanjali Krishna: A non-feminist, stay-at-home dad

A late-night American show host made the preposterous remark that accepting the outcome of the US election would have been easier, had Donald Trump been a woman

Demonetisation: Giving JAM to the starving

The intended economic empowerment of the poor has been impeded by poor implementation

Bateshwar's animal traders hit hard by gaurakshaks, demonetisation

Dust from the ravines of Chambal rises up in flurries

Chunar: A fort from many eras

Located in the Mirzapur district, 40 km from Varanasi, Chunar is a unprepossessing town at odds with its rich history

Geetanjali Krishna: The need to redefine poverty

Interests of universal food security will not be met by limiting food subsidies to the lucky few, who have managed to get cards

Geetanjali Krishna: The little 'demons' of demonetisation

Thanks to demonetisation, as month-end approaches, I'm trying to see how best to make all those pesky cash payments by other means

Educating rural India

One of India's largest NGOs has adopted a unique programme to enable better learning in some of the country's most backward areas, writes Geetanjali Krishna

Dacoits and dolphins

A boat ride on the Chambal opens up a world that is still unspoilt

Sunny days

A group in Lahaul and Spiti is turning around the region's ecology through solar energy

Geetanjali Krishna: Education outside a classroom

Soon Singh, the son of an illiterate weaver, will become the first in his family to graduate, and come closer to realising his dream of getting a government job

Geetanjali Krishna: Preferring home to anywhere else

An overpowering smell of disinfectant hung like a pall over the hospital ward

Port Blair: Away from the 'mainland'

A visit to the idyllic town of Port Blair can still invoke painful memoriesof the British Raj

Sowing the right seeds

A group of urban gardeners is raising awareness about native seeds and how they help the environment

Geetanjali Krishna: Not here to just bide their time

In rural Bengal, people still believed that widows were simply biding their time on earth after their lord and master had departed from it

The river of stories

The outher takes in the many facets of the Narmada, a river that is holding on to its beauty

Geetanjali Krishna: The age of the devotional deejay

At the dawn of this brand new age of the devotional deejay, I mused that I urgently needed to invest in some noise-cancelling headphones

Stairway to Olympic success

Stairs, a Delhi-based NGO, is enabling young athletes to realise their sporting potential

The forgotten Navratri magic

As residents of Old Delhi move to modern neighbourhoods, everyday traditions and rituals are disappearing

Geetanjali Krishna: A licence to hope and dream

As we walked through the conservative neighbourhood, women with covered heads peeped shyly from half-opened windows