Tag Archives: Bagalkot

HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE IN A SOUTH INDIAN VILLAGE

by Sumaa Tekur Inflation has far-reaching consequences on the economy. In South India, it recently reached the barbershops of the sleepy village of Amingad, in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka state. Unable to make ends meet with the modest service rate of Rs 12 for a haircut (charged by all 10 barbershops in this village), […]

TECH TO THE RESCUE OF RURAL INDIAN HEALTH

by Sumaa Tekur There’s a nip in the air. The woollies are out. Green tea with honey is sweetening evening cups. But along with winter come the sniffles, joint pain and aching sinuses. If Indians in the metros are resorting to Dr Google to pop some self-prescribed pills, remote villages in north Karnataka are discovering […]

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