Tag Archives: Karnataka

Crusader brings the world of books to rural India’s doorstep

by Sumaa Tekur WHAT’S HAPPENING There’s a thirst for knowledge, and for good books, in rural India. Upendra Shetty, who runs a civil service coaching centre, decided to quench this thirst by giving the villagers of Karnataka access to the written word. He started to collect books, and then created libraries in the towns of […]

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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