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Child malnutrition rises in five years, as per NFHS-5 data

The estimated increase in child stunting is only the tip of the iceberg.

Posted on 13 Jan, 2021 10:08 AM

Government of India has recently released the data of the first round of National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-20.

Children born between 2014 and 2019 are more malnourished than those before. (Image: PxHere)

Mini piped water scheme helps overcome social exclusion

Promoting sustainable systems that facilitate provision of safe water and sanitation to communities in a tribal village.

Saurya Sekhar Pal

Water for People India

Posted on 11 Jan, 2021 10:34 AM

In 2016, India ranked 131 among 188 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI). With a population of 1.3 billion, the need for services is high, a

Anganwadi Centres now provided with improved toilets and running water (Image: Water For People India)

Everything you want to know about drinking water

What is safe drinking water? What is the state of drinking water in India?

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Posted on 09 Jan, 2021 01:49 PM

Why is drinking water important?

Safe drinking water, avaluable resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)

The challenge of building a technology team in non-profit organisations

Partnering with software organisations that have a good understanding of the social sector is a sustainable long term approach.

Vivek Singh

Posted on 07 Jan, 2021 07:45 PM

The usage of software and technology in non-profits is increasing.

Technology's role in the non-profit sector is increasing and there is a need to help the nonprofit community think creatively about technology. (Image: PxHere)

Climate change: A look through a gender lens

Women are disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Simi Mehta

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 06 Jan, 2021 02:51 PM

Climate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors.

The gendered vulnerabilities due to climate change need to be well-recognized. (Image: Justin Kernoghan, Trocaire, Wikimedia Commons)

Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?

How the historian's method is invaluable in developing an understanding of floods.

Simi Mehta

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 04 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM

Raging floods swarming great expanses have been a common occurrence in the 21st century in South Asia.

Need to consider the perspective of the historians who see floods as a naturally occurring event. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

The unsung women fishers of Wular lake

Fisherwomen’s experiences and perspectives about their livelihoods based on the Wular lake.

Atufa Regu

P S Ananthan

Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 08:20 PM

Nestled in the north Kashmir region is Wular lake, India’s largest freshwater lake or wetland.

The survival of many fisher households living nearby is entirely dependent on Wular lake. (Image: Manju Rawat)

The fast disappearing traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan

Lack of community ownership and local governance are spelling doom for the once royal and resilient traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan.

Rituja Mitra

Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 06:00 PM

It has been four years since Anupam Mishra Ji, the stalwart environmentalist who had worked his entire life promoting the water harvesting techniques of Rajasthan, left. In his book, Anupam Ji extensively talks about how the water tankas (structures) were historically valued by the communities and were maintained regularly and governed through community participation.