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Sep 9, 2024 | 
villagesquare.in | Atray Karmahe |Saurav Kumar |K Rajendran |Kiranjit Kaur Jhunir
Deepak Tati, a young boy from Mehta village, a remote area in Konta administrative block of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, had dreams that seemed impossible to achieve. Growing up in a region deeply affected by Naxalism, he didn’t have easy access to schools. His village lacks basic facilities like electricity, health and education services, and internet connectivity, making it difficult for him to study. Despite these challenges, Tati’s determination remained unshaken.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
villagesquare.in | K Rajendran |Kiranjit Kaur Jhunir
As we expand our road and rail networks, especially through forest areas, it spells problems for the wild animals. Several villages on the fringes of the Western Ghats, such as Kottekkad village in Palakkad district of Kerala and Madukkarai village in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, face this problem. As these villages lie close to the forest, wild elephants often wander into the villages in search of food and water.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
villagesquare.in | Pallavi Srivastava |Worngachan Shatsang |Sejal Patel |K Rajendran
You can cite many reasons that made Panchayat a hit, but you would agree that one of the towering figures behind the mass love that it has received is Faisal Malik. And tower he does over everyone else in the latest season of the TV series – in more ways than one, endearing Prahlad chacha as every viewer’s uncle in the process.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
villagesquare.in | Worngachan Shatsang |Sejal Patel |K Rajendran
“A Shaktiman will never rust as long as the owner is alive,” remarked Ramshan, starting up his Shaktiman truck as he prepared to return to the town with a load of stones from a far-flung quarry. Closing in on almost a decade as a Shaktiman driver, Ramshan speaks from experience and the truck he drives has also recently undergone another makeover. This time, a new paint job was to prevent excessive rust and give the truck a fresher look.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
villagesquare.in | Sejal Patel |K Rajendran |Aatreyee Dhar
Kiran Devi resides in Perera Pur village with her large family of 12 members. Her family used to cultivate land measuring 1.5 bighas (one-third of an acre), producing up to 14 quintals of crops. However, she works as a farm labourer now. In the rural expanse of Amraudha administrative block in Kanpur district lies the village of Perera Pur, where the relentless activity of brick kilns has indelibly transformed the agricultural landscape.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
villagesquare.in | K Rajendran |Aatreyee Dhar |Kiranjit Kaur Jhunir
Korma is a picturesque village in Puthupariyaram panchayat in Palakkad district. The village in Kerala – aligning with the state’s image of ‘God’s own land’ – is situated between lush forests and creeks. But the villagers could hardly enjoy the beauty of the land. They were always anxious, because no place in the village felt safe from the regular raids of wild elephants.
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Nov 11, 2023 | 
villagesquare.in | Jyoti Thakur |Mohsin Mushtaq |K Rajendran
When 32-year-old Vivek Kumar assumed his role as assistant teacher at Mangal Purwa village in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh in 2018, he was met with a stark reality of low enrolment in his school – there were only 35 students at the local primary school capable of accommodating more than 100.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
villagesquare.in | Monika Marandi |Dawa Dolma |K Rajendran
India was caught in a seismic shift in 2020 — a pandemic and an unprecedented lockdown that brought a sprawling landscape to a grinding halt. Everyone hunkered down and millions of migrant workers were stranded in big cities without jobs, food and shelter. Fearing starvation, whole families packed their pots, pans and blankets into rucksacks and, balancing children on their shoulders, started walking home along highways.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
villagesquare.in | Dawa Dolma |K Rajendran |AMIR MALIK
Ladakh is a popular tourist destination. Year after year, people from all over – both India and abroad – visit to soak in nature’s beauty in the far-flung region that for the most part is above 9,800 feet above sea level. The rush of tourists was witnessed last summer too with some 2.5 lakh of them descending on the region. Their numbers translated into eight times the population of locals in the city of Leh, the largest city of Ladakh. But that was last year.
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Apr 20, 2023 | 
villagesquare.in | Lakshmi Unnithan |Abhijit Mohanty |K Rajendran
“It may come as a surprise but the humble tubers changed my life,” said Manuel Pallikiamialil, a 75-year-old tuber conservationist from Wayanad in Kerala. His family members were small scale farmers. In the late 1930s many families including his migrated from the Idduki region to Wayanad in need of more land to cultivate to escape famine and poverty. “The tubers helped us satisfy hunger during my childhood in times of extreme poverty.
