As the country opens up amidst the pandemic, it becomes essential to maintain precautions to help minimise the risk of COVID-19 spread.

When Bhudarwati Devi (30) lost her husband a few years ago, she was left behind to look after her three children. Bhudarwati’s bright smile doesn’t let anyone know what all she has been through.

The pond in Lalpur village of Mohanlalganj block, Lucknow is a tranquil place. A kingfisher swoops down repeatedly hunting for its lunch while cows and goats tethered on one side graze peacefully.

On 15th July 2019, the river Kamla, Balan and Kosi breached and flooded various regions of Madhubani, Bihar.

“My daughter, Nisha, has always been a very good student. She did well in her studies and helped me with the household chores too…

Vasant Kunj, a prosperous and upmarket neighbourhood in Delhi is home to several prominent personalities. However, it is also home to hundreds of families living in a highly cluttered and swamped slum community (popularly known as jhuggi jhopadi basti) in Bandhu Camp.

Women spend around six to seven years of their lives menstruating. Yet the importance of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is mostly neglected. Menstrual hygiene is a topic that many women are uncomfortable discussing in public. This is compounded by gender inequality, which excludes women and girls from decision-making processes and prevalence of taboos that seek to restrict women and girls from managing their menstruation safely in a supportive and healthy environment.