Life and death discussions in Bihar
Posted on: January 27, 2014
By: Peter Horrocks
Category: Innovation |Tags: Khirki Mehendiwali, Mass media, Radio programme

I’ve met audiences of BBC programmes in the UK and many parts of the world. But never have I met a group for whom a BBC programme inspired so much discussion as the women of the village of Vyapur in Bihar state in northern India. I was in Vyapur to join a listeners’ group to […]
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Posted on: August 20, 2013
By: Siddhartha Swarup
Categories: Innovation, Research, Strategy |Tags: Ek Teen Do, Khirki Mehendiwali, Kilkari, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji

How did the education system get it so wrong? Remember those multiple-choice tests where we had to pick one right answer? From the day we join school we are taught that there is always one right answer to a problem. Fortunately, life teaches us otherwise. Get married or not? One child or two? Job or […]
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