The concrete jungles of Mumbai are home to ‘urban tribals’. An NGO called Jaag is trying to rehabilitate them, discovers Gaver Chatterjee

It is hard to believe but the concrete jungles of Mumbai are home to what can be called ‘urban tribals’. When Vitthal Govind Lad, a social worker, visited Kelti Para village in Mumbai’s Goregaon district, he found that even a tabela (cow shed) in the...

Dr Nita Mukherjee explores the factors that led to a successful collective of strong NGOs in Kutch

If a collective of NGOs survives almost a decade -- nay grows in its operations and influence -- even after its proximate cause of disaster relief and mitigation dissipates, it calls for serious analysis. Most NGOs have strong identities, based as they are on the passion of their founders. It’s...

Only ant-like perseverance can transform the backward and beautiful North East, says Sucheta Dalal. Here is the story of one such effort

It requires great courage and tremendous determination to work in the beautiful but violence- ridden backward terrain of India’s north-eastern states. In fact, the only way to work there is through ceaseless dextrous activity, resourcefulness and the ability...