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How Women Are Helping Women Fight Domestic Violence in Odisha Villages
When women like Jyosana and Sumitra had lost all hopes of a better life, local Panchayat and SHGs jumped in to support them and made sure they got their right place in their homes and society. This is...
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A Shop Where the Poor Get to ‘Choose’ What They Want for Free
In the MY STORY section, we present some of the most compelling and pertinent stories and experiences shared with us by our readers. Do you have something to share? Write to us:...
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Prabhasini Pradhan Tested HIV Positive & Hit Rock Bottom. Until She Decided...
The Kalinga Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (KNP+) in India’s eastern state of Odisha provides strong social backing, heartfelt concern as well as assistance in the form of legal services or...
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Bravo, Madam: This Public Officer in Odisha Decided to Go Public with Her...
Here's another important new step for LGBT rights in India: a 32-year-old gazetted officer in Odisha has revealed her transgender identity. She says that the Supreme Court ruling of April 2014 gave her...
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[VIDEO] Chai-Wala in the Morning, Educator during the Day
Like any other superhero, D. Prakash Rao leads a life of delightful duplicity. Undercover, he is a chai-wala. His super power? Making sure that the children of slum dwellers are not denied a proper...
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A Maternity Home Set up in an Odisha Village Delivers Safety and Good Health
Tribals are slowly embracing the maternity homes set up in Koraput district in Odisha. In a bid to convince expectant mothers in her village to shift into the maternity home that has come up near their...
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TBI BLOGS: The World’s Biggest Voluntary Courier Service Is Run Purely on Faith
This temple in Odisha receives thousands of coconuts from its devotees every day through a one of a kind courier service. A voluntary delivery system that is free and based entirely on the faith of the...
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Olive Ridley Turtles Have Better Chances of Survival Today, Thanks to These...
Olive Ridley Turtles come back year after year to the place of their birth on the beaches of Odisha, to mate in the waters along the shore and lay their eggs in sandy nests. Conservationists and...
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How One Man’s Passion for Cycling Is Popularising the Healthy Practice in...
Coffee, bicycles, books, and interesting conversations with cycling enthusiasts from around the city – Bhubaneswar has a unique shop that not only gives buyers a wide range of cycles to choose from but...
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TBI Blogs: This Woman Rallied Tribal Communities to Play a Crucial Role in...
Vidhya Das is the founder of Agragamee, and the popular tribal women's collective, AmaSangathan. Her untiring efforts in the field of tribal development have led to a sea-change in the socio-economic...
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TBI Blogs: Tribal Women from Odisha’s Kashipur Block Are Standing up against...
For many tribal women in Odisha’s Kashipur block in the Rayagada district, making and selling brooms is the primary source of income and livelihood. Exploited and taken advantage of, the women finally...
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Odisha’s Girls Are Breaking Societal Norms to Work in Cities, And They’re Not...
Odisha’s women are no longer just content with being wives, daughters, and mothers. More and more women from the state’s rural areas are flocking to its cities for jobs, and in the process discovering...
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This Unique Farming Technique Doubled the Rice Produce of an Entire Village...
Gacherigaon village is located in Mundigarh gram panchayat in Tumudibandh block of Kandhamal district, Odisha. The village has 156 people in 26 households and all the residents belong to the Panga...
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How an Engineer Transformed a Tribal Hamlet in Odisha into a Unique...
In Odisha's scenic Koraput Valley, a quiet transformation is underway. Yugabrata Kar and his community-centric ecotourism initiative, Desia, are bringing the benefits of sustainable livelihoods to the...
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TBI Food Secrets: The Fascinating History of Rasgulla and the ‘Sweet’ Battle...
From the bylanes of Kolkata and the temples of Puri to the power corridors of Rashtrapati Bhawan, Rasgulla remains one of India’s best-loved culinary inventions. The Bengalis stake their claim on it....
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This NID Grad Left Her High Paying Job To Help Tribal Kids in Odisha Think...
"Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say...
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This Initiative is Helping Rural Artisans Create Masterpieces by...
The art residency “Excavating Odisha” aims to bring together contemporary urban artists with rural artisans to create mesmerising art. India has a rich tradition of folk art that has been woven into...
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Why This IIT Kharagpur Alumnus Quit His Lucrative Job to Help Farmers
An IIT, Kharagpur post graduate and former dean of Centurion University, Odisha, Vishal Singh left his job in 2016 to work fulltime for society through his NGO - Kaivalya Vichar Seva Samiti. Vishal,...
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TBI Blogs: How a Young Woman From Rural Odisha Used Technology to...
A young woman in Barpali, Odisha, has taken to digital tools and technology to take her community’s local art to global heights. Aviral Mittal explores further. Bidyabati Meher belongs to a small...
View ArticleAll-Woman NGO in Odisha Is Helping Isolated Villages Keep up With the World
Started in 1991 by a group of women to address the issue of extreme poverty and discrimination of minority groups, WORD has come a long way.
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