Making HERstory: How literacy programmes can transform the lives of India’s rural women
By Ria Chauhan Every 8 September, International Literacy Day provides an opportunity to reflect on how education and development initiatives can be used to...
Managing menstrual hygiene during Covid-19
By Tallulah Gordon Like many others who menstruate, I started lockdown worried about how social distancing and bulk-buying would impact my ability to buy...
Expression to movements: the power of social innovation
By Stuti Sareen Labour movements in India have been unsuccessful at ‘organising’ in terms of representing workers’ needs and building solidarity between its participants...
Training youth for employment: How young women in India are still falling through the cracks
By Ria Chauhan Every year on 15 July – World Youth Skills Day – nations around the world echo the importance of ‘skilled youth’...
Global citizenship in the era of Covid-19
By Katy Chadwick Katy Chadwick volunteered with the Deep Griha Society (DGS) in India in 2009 – the same year as the swine flu...
The race to unhealthy economic development? Perspectives on India
By Andrew Williamson With India tipped to be the world’s third largest economy by 2026 and possibly overtake the United States by 2030, its...
Small is beautiful: the UK charity believing in India’s rural poor
Recent figures from the World Bank indicate that India may finally be climbing out of poverty, yet, what they don’t show is India’s growing...
India’s crack down on ‘black money’: has it hurt those it sought to help?
On 8th November 2016, Donald Trump was hours away from becoming President-elect. But in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was staging an ambush...
The Promise of Delicious Hot Lunch: The Great Indian Midday Meal Scheme
There has been a lot of focus on India’s free provision of hot lunches in schools. Here, Sophia Sanchez provides an analysis of the...
Jan Dhan Yojana: Just another empty vessel making noise?
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was introduced by the current government in 2014 with the aim of extending financial inclusion. 18 months into the...
Women in Indian society: reflections from a current India intern
This is the first of a series of blogs done by Holly Peacock, one of Development in Actions India Interns. Holly will discuss her...
Global Citizenship & Me – My DiA Journey by Sarah Burns
Name: Sarah Burns Placement: Seva Mandir Year: 2010 What is your favourite moment from interning with one of DiA’s placement partners? I couldn’t chose just one moment....
Global Citizenship & Me – My DiA Journey by Josh Reece-Moore
Name: Josh Reece-Moore Placement: Deep Griha Society Year: 2014 What is your favourite moment from interning with one of DiA’s placement partners? I have so...
The $17 trillion handshake: 7th BRICS Summit and the week that was
With the stage set in the capital city of Ufa, Bashkortostan, there was excitement and anticipation in the air. As the EU attempted to...
International Child Labour Rights 2015: Progress and Challenges
On June 12, International Day Against Child Labour was observed under the theme “NO to Child Labour – YES to Quality Education.” The International...
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen: Book Review
What is the fascination with growth in developing countries? Prima Facie, the reason for focusing only on growth is simple— growth constitutes development. The...
Affirmative Action in India: Is backward the new forward?
Sarita Devi (name changed) 38, seems unhappy with her daughter Sonam’s board result – a public examination occurring at the end of the 10th...
Decentralising food distribution in india
India, with its abundant and cheap labour, has potential for rapid growth and development. This resource can be particularly well applied in the agricultural...
Lotus Potus – Is the United States of America, India’s new fair-weather friend?
An unprecedented trip to the airport to pick up the guests of honour, an evening stroll and tea in the gardens, a bear hug...
Who I am and Where I live- Vasundhra Singh on being an Indian Woman
Reading the newspapers is becoming like a never-ending horror story. Every day the headlines have some new statistics about a damaging or negative aspect...