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Mollifying the severe repercussions of the COVID-19 lockdown

29 Jul 2020

“The nationwide lockdown was imposed when I arrived in Shimla … No one has been employing domestic help or labour … How should I feed and sustain myself without work? Moreover, I have a 12 years old daughter. How should I bring her up?” shares Gyanti Devi, a 38 years old migrant worker and an […]

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The Place they call Home

22 Jul 2020

The lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic has uncovered the latent class inequalities prevalent in the country. It has brought forth the living conditions of many people, each replete with its challenges and trials. Janki Devi is a 43-year-old migrant worker. Originally hailing from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, she along with her family migrated to Bosari, […]

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An endeavour to provide a secured source of sustenance

21 Jul 2020

“I still didn’t find work when the lock down was declared at the outbreak of the pandemic. I was left trapped in the city. The situation kept getting worse with each passing day. My savings were depleting and by the month of May, I had exhausted every resource of survival.”   Jitendra is a 26 […]

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The Succour to her Lost World

8 Jul 2020

The lockdown and the pandemic have affected different sections of the society and have particularly rendered the migrant population helpless. One such story is that of Bhuri Adivasi, a 36-year-old migrant worker from Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh. Along with her family, she has been working as a contract labourer for the past 3 years in Dharwad, […]

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IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON FOREST-DWELLING COMMUNITIES

14 Jun 2020

“I traversed 12 to 13 kilometres on foot, through the forests, to reach the villages which the Chakma tribe had inhabited. The path to reach the region was unmetalled and muddy. When I first arrived in a village called Tedangnala, I saw that the majority of the households had lack of access to basic necessities. […]

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The Snake Charmers that lost their sway 

27 May 2020

Saura is a tribal community that mainly resides in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. They were labeled as one of the ‘criminal tribes’ under Criminal Tribes Act,1871, and are still suffering from social stigma and ostracism in modern times. However, most of the members of the Saura community are struggling to get the status […]

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Hundreds of people lost their lives, thousands of them lost their homes and lakhs were directly affected

26 May 2020

At a high wind speed of 185 kmph, cyclone Amphan left a trail of destruction on the coastal regions of Odisha and West Bengal. Sundarbans delta – a UNESCO site in West Bengal has been annihilated by ferocious windstorms. Mud houses have been toppled and trees have been uprooted, causing much distress to the inhabitants. […]

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BRIDGING BACK TO SCHOOL

28 Feb 2020

Anusha and Rama, the Unbiological Sisters, as they were known, dust their school bags to resume school after 3 years. Sunburns, deep bruises, rough wounded hands, and sore blisters had ripped out a part of their childhood just like a bandage, ripped from a fresh wound. By Nidhi Joshi Intern – CASA Communications ”We still […]

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‘CASA is as old as the freedom of India’

12 Jul 2019

CASA returns to its old project area Damal Asim village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills District where it implemented its development programme from 1986-2005 and in partnership programme from 2005-2015. A glance at how our interventions changed lives. Sitting on the porch of his house, 87 year old Pardon B Marak remembers the time when […]

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