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Health

14-year-old girl fills blind mother’s life with light, while her own stars remain bleak

October 31, 2014 Ganga Madappa

What are the options for a girl child, now the only support for her blind mother? This is the story of one such girl—the breadwinner of her family— a story that will set you thinking about the flowers under your feet.

Governance

Ejipura residents struggling to find alternate acco

January 25, 2013 Navya P K

The residents being evicted from Ejipura EWS quarters are finding it tough to find affordable houses. Some have borrowed money for the rental advance, and volunteer groups are trying to help with funds.

Infrastructure

No new year in Bengaluru’s water starved slums

December 30, 2012 Navya P K

New Years may come and go, but for Aisha and her lot in Ejipura’s slum near Koramangala in south Bangalore, getting water is an ordeal each day. In a world where jobs matter for everything, she had to leave hers.

Infrastructure

Just for the poor: a trickle of water, that too contaminated

December 11, 2012 Navya P K

Bengaluru now gets 1400 million litres of Cauvery water daily, but hardly any of this reaches the poor, though they are ready to pay. Slum dwellers wait for hours for the water to come, or spend hefty amounts to buy it.

Education

A weekend at Ambedkar Nagar slum

April 23, 2012 Anisha Nair

No child wants to open text books on holidays. But here are a bunch of children who not only show up to study but have loads of fun while at it.


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