Author: Jyoti Rajput
Mud houses that help keep the cool
While the monsoon brings relief from this summer’s soaring temperatures to some, development worker Jyoti Rajput looks at how Rajasthani tribes beat the heat in their mud houses.
Flowers bring women sweet scent of success
Struggling to make a living from subsistence farming, women farmers in southern Rajasthan have succeeded in breaking the cycle of poverty and doubling household incomes by cultivating marigold and roses
Today’s Meerabai quenches thirst in Rajasthan villages
Stepping into an all-male preserve, mechanic Meerabai Meena of Padoona village in Udaipur district traverses hilly terrain every day, repairing hand pumps to ensure safe drinking water for residents in five villages