India Poverty

'6 Days I Would Eat, And The Next 6 Days I Wouldn't Eat At All'

Posted 05.15.2012

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"Six days I would eat, then the next six days I wouldn't eat at all," 9-year-old Roshan tells Al Jazeera. The tiny girl grew up on a diet of 600 calor...

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Study: 42 Percent Of Indian Children Under 5 Malnourished

AP | Posted 03.11.2012

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NEW DELHI -- Forty-two percent of children in India younger than 5 are underweight and nearly 60 percent are stunted, a new survey found. The Hunger ...

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India an Eye-Opening Journey

John Harden | Posted 01.11.2012

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John Harden

At 10, Roberta, or Robi Ley knew she wanted to be a writer. She would dream endlessly toward the day she would see her byline printed on a book cover.

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Embracing Otherness: Bunker Roy

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.18.2011

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Pat Mitchell

Bunker Roy and his Barefoot College begins with an amazing story of his own choice to leave a life of privilege and prestigious education to essentially learn from the poor.

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Are Clinical Trials Exploiting India's Poor?

Posted 09.11.2011

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Clinical trials have always been part of the pharmaceutical industry, but what if a large number of those trying out new medicines live below the pove...

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India's Stingy Definition Of Poverty Excludes Millions In Need

AP | MUNEEZA NAQVI | Posted 07.27.2011

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NEW DELHI — Every day, through scorching summers and chilly winters, Himmat pedals his bicycle rickshaw through New Delhi's crowded streets, ear...

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Taking Notice of India's Extreme Poverty

Dominique Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dominique Browning

There is no way to be hardhearted about enormous poverty, yet it is equally impossible to be always heartbroken. We need, perhaps, soft hearts, hard eyes.

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A PASSAGE TO INDIA

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Margolis

Battered at home by last week's Republican landslide, President Barack Obama headed to India to seek solace in foreign policy. The president's s...

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Naryanan Krishnan: Chef Dedicates Life To Feeding India's Homeless

Posted 05.25.2011

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An award-winning young chef on the fast track to success in India, Naryanan Krishnan had it all -- until a jarring experience with poverty changed his...

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India's Own Deepwater Moment

Bharati Chaturvedi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bharati Chaturvedi

While the world's attention is focused on the terrible oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, India is suddenly facing it's own Deepwater Moment. It's co...

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One Mother's Story: A Casualty of Three Delays

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hanna Ingber Win

Statewide, Assam has the highest maternal mortality rate in India at 480 deaths per 100,000 live births. Despite the improvements, challenges such as lack of adequate supplies remain.

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India: Three Wives, 10 Kids Is Enough

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hanna Ingber Win

Family planning is considered an important aspect of maternal health and would help reduce Assam's maternal mortality rate, which at 480 deaths per 100,000 live births is the highest in India.

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Number Of Indian Billionaires Doubles Despite Recession, Poverty

guardian.co.uk | Randeep Ramesh in Mumbai | Posted 05.25.2011

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In India, the rich just got richer. Despite one of the worst global recessions in history, the number of billionaires in the subcontinent has almost d...

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India's 'Untouchables' Forced To Work In Dangerous Sewers (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Martin Himmell | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all the progress seen in India's transformation into a modern global economy, the country remains strongly tied to the traditions of its caste ...

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Slumdog Tours Offer Foreigners A View Of India's Poorest (VIDEO)

GlobalPost.com | By Mark Scheffler | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW DELHI -- On a random walk through Delhi's bustling railway station, the gritty street kids are easy to miss: With forlorn looks, they mingle and...

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The Street Children in Slumdog Millionaire

Mallika Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mallika Chopra

One of the benefits of the success of Slumdog Millionaire is that it is raising awareness of the plight of children who live in poverty. Personally, I...

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Embrace the Paradox!

Daphne Beal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Beal

What I think Slumdog Millionaire does so effectively, in addition to portraying poverty up close, is deal with the media-driven, consumeristic vertigo that so many people in India experience

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Is Micro Lending The Future Of Giving?

E. A. Hanks | Posted 11.17.2011

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E. A. Hanks

I met Emily Stenning while we were both studying at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. From the moment I met her, she was constantly working o...

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