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Chhavi Rajawat: The Changing Face of Rural India
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
“Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice” Chhavi Rajawat, the young woman Sarpanch, of Soda Village in the northern state of Rajasthan whom I met at the India Future Day in Mumbai on 5th March, made […]
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Anuja Upadhyay
Anuja is a social scientist and writer with development experience in organizations like UN Women, Manushi for Sustainable Development and International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) across India and Nepal. Her main areas of work are on gender equity, violence against women and children, anti-human trafficking of women, girls (including children), sustainable development, health and other critical global issues like governance, migration and economic globalization. She has special interest and expertise in writing about diverse issues as a blogger for Future Challenges.
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Returning Indians in Search of the Indian Dream
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
At a recent dinner I bumped into two second generation Indians who had, a while ago moved to India from Britain and the US. Ravi had managed to jump the hurdles and settle down and was quite happy, but Neeraj’s story was different. Neeraj is a software engineer who returned […]
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India’s Healthcare Hurdles
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
A recent stay at one of the famous private health care centres in New Delhi where a friend of mine was hospitalized, left me thinking seriously about the shortcomings of the healthcare system in India. My sick friend herself was a doctor so she had first hand knowledge of where the […]
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Nepali migrant workers – Life gets even harder
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
I was slightly flustered when returning from Kathmandu to New Delhi this November, I was questioned by Nepal Police at Tribhuvan International Airport for carrying my Nepali passport just to travel to India when a simple ID card was all that was needed. Little did I realize at the time that […]
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Creating a Common Future: The Asian–European Young Leaders Forum: Day 3
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
The last day of the Forum on 1 November (here is a blogpost about the first day and here is a post that covers the second day) started with an air of finality in the search for solutions as various speakers discussed the effects of aspects ranging from cross-border migration […]
