IDR Hindi
Ground Up

Photo & Video stories

Bite-sized multimedia stories that provide an insight into how communities experience development at the grassroots.

a group of children and anganwadi workers in an anganwadi
Education
“Without children, what are Anganwadi workers supposed to do?”
by Kavita
Location Icon Solan district, Himachal Pradesh
members of rajasthan's kalandar community doing aari-tari embroidery on fabric--livelihoods
Livelihoods
Stitching a future: Women from the Kalandar community weave together livelihoods
by Noor Jahan Kalandar, Noor Mohammad Kalandar
Location Icon Tonk district, Rajasthan
A group of youth sitting in a circle and writing_marginalised youth
Youth
Facing the fear of elite spaces: Can a mall visit help?
by Sachin Nachnekar
Location Icon Mumbai Suburban district, Maharashtra
Rodingliana looking at Aizawl's landscape on a cloudy day-language
Youth
I travelled from Mizoram to Assam to learn the Hindi language
by Rodingliana
Location Icon Mamit district, Mizoram
Workers with a tractor cleaning lantana_lantana
Environment
Adivasis tackle an invasive plant in Madhya Pradesh
by Sanavver Shafi
Location Icon Satna district, Madhya Pradesh
a building that says shiksha bhavan_vidyajyoti scheme
Education
Who is paying the extra fee for the Vidyajyoti scheme in Tripura?
by Anupam Sharma
Location Icon West Tripura district, Tripura
Rohingya's resettlement colony_water tanker
Water & Sanitation
The missing water tanker and the absent Rohingya women
by Sara Sheikh
Location Icon South East Delhi district, Delhi
A group of children in the forest_forest
Youth
Wisdom walks: Odisha’s elders pass on traditional knowledge to the youth
by Sarat Chandra Dehury
Location Icon Dhenkanal district, Odisha
Girls performing football training drills
Gender
A challenging game: Girls in Kolkata juggle housework and football
by Ayesha Parveen
Location Icon Kolkata district, West Bengal
A man weaving a bamboo basket_bamboo handicraft
Environment
A Bru handicrafts maker laments the loss of traditions in Mizoram
by Rodingliana
Location Icon Mamit district, Mizoram
a hand wearing bangles clicking on a computer mouse-financial fraud
Technology
Trapped by biometrics: The rise of banking scams in Rajasthan
by Kishan Gurjar
Location Icon Bhilwara district, Rajasthan
Gender
Net gains: Dhivar women restore a pond and discover a livelihood
by Sarita Meshram, Vaishali Meshram
Location Icon Bhandara district, Maharashtra; Gondia district, Maharashtra
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