Life in rural India can be extremely challenging. Poverty, poor job prospects and gender inequality are just a few of the issues that continue to plague the country’s rural population. Limited access ...

Sabar Bonda (2025) is a Marathi film that offers an intimate window into queer lives in rural India, exploring love, family, and belonging beyond the urban gaze. By focusing on the experiences of its ...

Mahatma Gandhi wrote in Harijan, in 1936, that India is to be found in its villages. Today, that still holds true: over 64% of the country lives in its rural areas. While the Mental Healthcare Act of ...

India's ambition to become a $30 trillion economy by 2047 cannot be realized without unleashing the full potential of its ...

THE NEW road runs 1.85km (1.14 miles) to Khaira, a village of around 1,000 people in central India that seems straight out of an idealised depiction of rural life. Blue-uniformed pupils eat lunch in ...