18-Jan-2023 Disappearing scenes in rural Bengal | The Bullock Cart Once synonymous with rural life, Bullock Carts have almost become extinct
10-Jan-2023 CJP Grassroots Fellow assists 40 daily wage workers in their fight for pending wages Labour contractor arrives at an understanding with workers after CJP fellow intervenes with authorities
10-Jan-2023 Shantiniketan: Coming together to celebrate alt ‘Poush Mela’ After the university refuses to hold that 125 year old fair, ordinary people come together to organise it at a different venue.
23-Dec-2022 Bolpur to host alternative Poush Mela in 2022 breaking with a 125 year old tradition Visva-Bharati authorities back out from organising the world famous winter festival started by Rabindranth Tagore’s father.
08-Dec-2022 Contractor’s failure to pay wages leaves Bengal migrant workers in distress 16 migrant workers struggle to get their dues in Maharashtra
01-Dec-2022 No school for young ones in rural Bengal Educationists in rural bengal concerned over rising child labour in rural Bengal post lockdown
25-Nov-2022 Walking with honey collectors in Bardhaman Tribal women of Mahurapur collect honey in the month of Chaitra-Baiskah to supplement household incomes
23-Nov-2022 Finding stability and profit rearing animals post lockdown Many in rural Bengal say it is a better alternative to migration
08-Nov-2022 Autumn arrives in Bengal bringing Kaashphool and new business prospects The once romanticised grass-flower has become a source of steady income
08-Nov-2022 A locksmith’s life post lockdown in rural Bengal Reduced to finding odd jobs, Najubul Sheikh was once a proud locksmith
07-Nov-2022 Are Earthen Lamps a thing of the past? Bengal potters express despair, the once cherished profession is slowly fading away.
31-Oct-2022 Blazing Prices Of Goods, Unemployment; Poor In Bengal Feel Anguished And Helpless Prices Of Essentials Seem To Be Consistently Growing In The Post-Pandemic World
29-Oct-2022 Dhankurs on the verge of extinction; Bengal’s winters are losing artisans that once wove together warmth As winters approach in Bengal, people see less of the once highly popular woollen weavers
13-Oct-2022 Stone quarries and mines shut down across Birbhum: Unemployment, Silicosis haunt workers They were shut down after authorities deemed them illegal, but now lives and livelihoods of thousands of people are in jeopardy
12-Oct-2022 South Bengal farmers struggling to produce paddy due to low rainfall Difficulty in seedbed preparation, planting saplings; livelihood impacted
27-Sep-2022 Lockdown took away our livelihood, the Ganges took our home Residents of Bengal share agonising details of floods and destruction