West Champaran district of Bihar state was carved out of Champaran district in 1984. The geography of the area is such that Goverdhana range, a mountain chain forms the Indo-Nepalese border. Many rivulets have a source in this range, leading to tributaries of river Gandak. These rivulets, in fact, make the land fertile, rich in vegetation…
Thirty-two-year-old Reena Devi lives in village Selur Patti Juva in Thauldhar block of Uttarakhand. Wife of Darshan Lal, Reena Devi lives with her two sons Sumeet and Lucky, who are 10 and five years olf, respectively. As Reena Devi suffers from a disability in her legs, her husband is the only bread earning member in the house.
The Right to Information Act passed by the Indian Parliament has led to increased transparency and accountability in the government. More and more people are now aware of their rights and entitlements, and this is the pre-requisite to demanding those rights and entitlements. Not all people, however, know, what has been set aside for them
It should not come as a surprise to most people but the number of female engineers is far below as compared to male engineers. Unfortunately, even among the women who pursue engineering, there are very few who study networking and actually work on the ground.
DEF in partnership with the Crowd Sourcing Week is bringing the most innovative minds together in the field on crowdsourcing September 10, 2016. The Bengaluru chapter of the International Crowdsourcing Summit 2016 is designed to promote organisations and innovators to embed the power of the crowd in their products and services.
The Islamic republic’s blocking of popular social media websites has helped indigenously developed services flourish
#45 The Elrhino Effect: 52 Parindey#44 Saving wildlife to save mankind: 52 Parindey#43 If you are happy and you know it, plant a tree: 52 Parindey#41 All the world’s a stage: 52 Parindey#40 Soil holds our past, present and future: 52 Parindey#39 Our future is in the hands of our traditional food: 52 Parindey#36 Saving…
This article was first published in the Mint newspaper on June 1,2016. A few months ago, children in Mungaska village in Alwar district of Rajasthan started using Google Images to travel around the country. Aman, one of the children there, who studies in Class V, had been reading about Qutub Minar in his school textbooks.…
This story by a DEF team member was first published by The Better India on February 16, 2016 The women of Tilonia are in love. And this love is for their newly acquired iPads. Strolling around the campus of Barefoot College in Tilonia village of Ajmer district in Rajasthan, you’ll come across several women walking…
Himanshu and Nitika are two studious siblings who hail from the Tipli Village of Tehri District. They stay with their father Kushal Singh, who is dependent on MNREGA for sustaining his family. The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household…