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Village Square is an integrated communications initiative that seeks to inform, analyse, engage, and promote rural India among a wider audience.

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Villagers Transform Salt-Pan Into Maharashtra’s Largest Man-made Pond!
Environment

Villagers Transform Salt-Pan Into Maharashtra’s Largest Man-made Pond!

Despite Droughts And Terror, Bihar’s Farmers Taste Success With Sweet Strawberries
Agriculture

Despite Droughts And Terror, Bihar’s Farmers Taste Success With Sweet Strawberries

In Rural Assam, A ‘Pad’ Movement By Young Women Is Bringing Health & Prosperity
Assam

In Rural Assam, A ‘Pad’ Movement By Young Women Is Bringing Health & Prosperity

Snow Leopards Eat Their Cattle, but Ladakhi Villages Found a Unique Solution!
Animal Welfare

Snow Leopards Eat Their Cattle, but Ladakhi Villages Found a Unique Solution!

The Simple Interventions That Brought Clean Water to These Odisha Villages
Sustainability

The Simple Interventions That Brought Clean Water to These Odisha Villages

Jhol Mol! What Indian Farmers Can Gain From Nepal’s Organic Manure
Agriculture

Jhol Mol! What Indian Farmers Can Gain From Nepal’s Organic Manure

Bihar Women Are Transforming Themselves Through the Magic of Mushrooms
Agriculture

Bihar Women Are Transforming Themselves Through the Magic of Mushrooms

This Green Gold Has Been Generating Lakhs Per Year for Konkan Farmers
Agriculture

This Green Gold Has Been Generating Lakhs Per Year for Konkan Farmers

As Busy As Bees: Meet The Farmers Making Kashmir a Land of Honey
Blog

As Busy As Bees: Meet The Farmers Making Kashmir a Land of Honey

From Rs 3K per Year to Rs 2.75 Lakh a Year: How Fish Seeds Are Transforming Assam
Assam

From Rs 3K per Year to Rs 2.75 Lakh a Year: How Fish Seeds Are Transforming Assam

Jata Sattu: An Ancient Tradition Giving Women A Livelihood, And Making Us Healthier!
Bihar

Jata Sattu: An Ancient Tradition Giving Women A Livelihood, And Making Us Healthier!

In Rajasthan, Meo Muslim Girls Are Breaking Gender Barriers Through Education
Uncategorized

In Rajasthan, Meo Muslim Girls Are Breaking Gender Barriers Through Education

How Kitchen Gardens Enriched Village Diets for 600 Households in Jharkhand
Blog

How Kitchen Gardens Enriched Village Diets for 600 Households in Jharkhand

Growing Coconut Palms in Arid Rajasthan? Farmers in the State Are Doing It and How!
Agriculture

Growing Coconut Palms in Arid Rajasthan? Farmers in the State Are Doing It and How!

For Just Rs 50 per Head, These UP Women Are Crowd Sourcing Their Own Healthcare!
Blog

For Just Rs 50 per Head, These UP Women Are Crowd Sourcing Their Own Healthcare!

This Diwali, Let’s Remember How Muslim Potters of Gujarat Have Kept Hindu Traditions Going
A Better World

This Diwali, Let’s Remember How Muslim Potters of Gujarat Have Kept Hindu Traditions Going

Behind the Scenes of Bengal’s Stunning Pandals: Meet the Farmers Who Are the Real Artists!
Art

Behind the Scenes of Bengal’s Stunning Pandals: Meet the Farmers Who Are the Real Artists!

They Beat Vedanta, Now Odisha’s Tribals Are Winning Back Their Wild Harvests
Agriculture

They Beat Vedanta, Now Odisha’s Tribals Are Winning Back Their Wild Harvests

‘Seed Mother’ Rahibai’s Story: How She Saved Over 80 Varieties of Native Seeds!
Agriculture

‘Seed Mother’ Rahibai’s Story: How She Saved Over 80 Varieties of Native Seeds!

Wetlands Are ‘Wastelands’? Here’s How One Bihar Village Proved Us All Wrong
Agriculture

Wetlands Are ‘Wastelands’? Here’s How One Bihar Village Proved Us All Wrong

How One Women-Run SHG Helped 500 Widows Across 68 Villages in Less Than 4 Years
Blog

How One Women-Run SHG Helped 500 Widows Across 68 Villages in Less Than 4 Years

Water Scarcity? Ladakh Villages Are Building Artificial Glaciers to Fix the Issue!
Blog

Water Scarcity? Ladakh Villages Are Building Artificial Glaciers to Fix the Issue!

Here’s How Maharashtra’s Farmers Are Proving Traditional Seeds Are the Best!
Agriculture

Here’s How Maharashtra’s Farmers Are Proving Traditional Seeds Are the Best!

How the Sahariyas of Madhya Pradesh Proved ‘Self Help Is the Best Help’
Blog

How the Sahariyas of Madhya Pradesh Proved ‘Self Help Is the Best Help’

How One Home Maker Became a Paddy Farmer, Floriculturist and a Village Leader
Blog

How One Home Maker Became a Paddy Farmer, Floriculturist and a Village Leader

10,000 Toilets and Counting: Bihar’s Women Are Single-Handedly Taking on the Dirty Fight
Blog

10,000 Toilets and Counting: Bihar’s Women Are Single-Handedly Taking on the Dirty Fight

‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ in Real Life – How Women Demanding Toilets as Bride Price Changed Haryana
Blog

‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ in Real Life – How Women Demanding Toilets as Bride Price Changed Haryana

How an MP Village Inspired an Entire District to Use Their Water Bodies in Impactful Ways
Blog

How an MP Village Inspired an Entire District to Use Their Water Bodies in Impactful Ways

Libraries on Wheels: How Tribal Kids in MP Are Getting a Chance to Learn in Their Own Languages
Blog

Libraries on Wheels: How Tribal Kids in MP Are Getting a Chance to Learn in Their Own Languages

One Project in Bengal Is Giving Fair Prices to Farmers & Better Food to Consumers
Agriculture

One Project in Bengal Is Giving Fair Prices to Farmers & Better Food to Consumers

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