The people's voice
Every citizen in this country has a right to be heard. But what happens when you live in an area where no mainstream media organisation bothers to penetrate, and when you speak a language no media organisation knows or understands? CGNet Swara uses mobile telephony to break through the wall of silence in tribal areas of Chhattisgarh
The power of video for change
For the poor illiterate women of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), Video SEWA has become a tool for change. What started as a sensitisation programme soon turned into a mechanism for protest and marshalling public opinion
A community radio station for less than Rs 1,000
Indian engineer-activist Arun Mehta discusses the innovative uses of low-powered FM
Jan Mitra brings government closer to the people in Rajasthan's hinterland
A UNDP-Rajasthan government ICT partnership in backward and chronically underserved Jhalawar is providing teeth to the state's commitment to the right to information
eChoupal initiative wins 2005 Development Gateway Award
ITC's pioneering eChoupal initiative wins the 2005 Development Gateway Award from among 135 nominees, for enabling millions of Indian farmers to improve their livelihoods by accessing information on how best to grow and market their produce
Cybercafes in the Thar desert
Computer training centres are sprouting all over rural India. A momentous transformation of India's rural economy is imminent.
Educational games for disprivileged students
Learning with Heroji at Pratham's Computer-Aided Learning Centres.
Oh, give us a phone!
TeNet is taking telephone and Internet connectivity to tiny villages across India.
Programming with regional languages
Chennai IIT has created a linux-based operating system that works in a range of Indian languages. These tools will allow a new generation of students from disadvantaged rural backgrounds to enter the world of code on their own terms.