Varsha Torgalkar

Nov 27, 2024 | scroll.in | Varsha Torgalkar

Balasaheb Solanki, a 52-year-old farmer from Parbhani district in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, is keen to cultivate sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses for the rabi season (winter harvest), which begins around November and lasts till late March. But his five acres of land does not have sufficient water to cultivate crops across two cycles. This year, he cultivated soybean during the kharif season (typically June to October), but did not get a good price for his harvest.

Sep 4, 2024 | newslaundry.com | Varsha Torgalkar |India Spend

In a typical year, Savitra Thadke, 50, and her husband work as sugarcane cutters at farms in Sangli or Kolhapur in western Maharashtra from October to March-April. In the summer months of April-June, they work as agricultural labourers in their village, Chopdyachiwadi in the Georai taluka of Beed district. Savitra could even afford to rest for two to three days a week during this period.

May 23, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Shahzad Naveed |Varsha Torgalkar |Ahmad Faruqui |Parvez Mahmood

Kafiro Dherai, which falls in the district of Shangla of Pakistan, has a beautiful and relatively large-scale site of a group of Bodhisattvas and seated Buddhist carvings. However, the carvings have been recently damaged. Treasure hunters have tried to take the Buddha carving out of the boulder by drilling. It is still there, but it might soon perish if no measures of protection are taken.

Dec 27, 2023 | c3newsmag.com | Varsha Torgalkar

How Traditional Fisherman in India Are Cleaning the OceanHeavy winds are flowing in the sea while mighty tides are piercing the coastline of Alambarai village in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Govind Gopalswami, 40 year-old fisherman is sailing his boat full of ghost nets, rather than fish or other marine animals. He will take out over 30kg (66lbs) of ghost nets at the coast where he will give them to social workers for scientific disposal.

Oct 23, 2023 | fairplanet.org | Varsha Torgalkar

On the afternoon of 17 August, Lenneipau Vaipse, a 70-year-old man, sat quietly in a chair at the office of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), an NGO funded by donations, in Churachandpur, located in India's Manipur state. Restlessly shuffling papers in his hand, despite being illiterate, he appeared fatigued.