Rural Tourism in India boosts jobs, supports homestays, empowers women and strengthens local economies, helping villages grow through sustainable tourism.

In recent years, the Chettinad area has seen an uptick in tourism, as new hotels have opened in restored mansions and the ...

Walk around Kodinji village in rural India and you'd be forgiven for thinking you have double vision as this community is known as "twin village." The remote village is home to more than 204 sets of ...

Voices of Rural India sees people from across remote pockets in eleven states: Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Ladakh, ...

When Asha Gond first started skateboarding, neighbors in her village of Janwar in central India were aghast. They urged the teenager’s parents to keep her busy with housework or get her married. When ...

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit journalism organization. This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how ...

The Economic Survey 2025-26 advocates for reviving village commons, recognizing them as vital for rural livelihoods and ...

Tending crops by day and then logging on for a night shift of data labelling, 27-year-old Chandmani Kerketta is part of a ...

Story by Tannaz Daruwalla and Eknoor Kaur NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / February 2, 2026 / Savitri's busy cosmetics and grocery store in Nasopur village, located in Rajasthan, India, hasn't alwa ...

When Asha Gond first started skateboarding, neighbors in her village of Janwar in central India were aghast. They urged the teenager's parents to keep her busy with housework or get her married. When ...