Publisher - Modern Rural India

09 November 2021 - Most of the sandy beaches and bays of Goa, India's smallest state, are dominated by tourism and fishing. Yet in the low tide pools along the a 100-km-long coastline, slimy algae, known as seaweed, have…

16 November 2021 - In the 75 years since Independence, there has been some increase in agency for India's women. More women now participate in household decision-making, own and use bank accounts and mobile phones, and step…

30 November 2021 - In some parts of the country, pastoralism contributes significantly to livelihood and wealth - usually in terms of milk, wool, meat, dung, bone and other things of value that people extract from their…

13 December 2021 - There are few people as quotable as the dead German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. He excelled at writing things that were both offensive and thought-provoking at the same time. In the introduction to…

20 December 2021 - It is a bright sunny morning in Tamulpur, in lower Assam's Baksa district, and farmers in Bherakhat village are busy depositing their harvest in one corner of the community paddy field. The villagers are…

Vaccine policies involving denials of public entitlements fail to understand that many are unable to access the shots. Nor are they based on evidence-based science, public health practices and ethics. Such denials only…

It’s not uncommon for kids to show up to Marietta Memorial Hospital’s emergency room for mental health help. Linda Sistrunk, a social worker and director of behavioral health at the hospital in southeastern Ohio, says that’s a big…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved the development of new research funding opportunities, providing up to $63 million for studies on reducing maternal…

By simultaneously carrying out multiple development schemes in a village, can its all-round development be made more sustainable? The Uttam Gram program, in Haryana's Donkhera village, provides some answers. Shashank Devra…

14 February 2022 - It is estimated that global demand for millets will soar to $12 billion by 2025, as the world looks at healthier food grains. India is one of the largest producers of millets, with an annual output of…