Why is diabetes prevalent in rural India? Lessons from Aragonda
The answer seems to lie in the shift in diet to favour white rice in ration shops, changing agricultural patterns, and an overall reduction in movement.
4,500 hours behind one jute bag
Every product in your house is a culmination of hours of labour. Today, we explore the lifecycle of the jute bag stitched at Total Health’s skill centres
Overcoming the ‘outsider’ barrier in serving tribal communities
A year in, doctors at the Total Health clinic in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve have learnt that the key to gaining the trust of people in pentas deep inside the forest, is showing up consistently
How Irfan came to be Aragonda’s poojari
The 22-year-old Irfan celebrates Vinayaka Chaturthi and Ramzan with equal gusto, and talks about how, through yoga, he realised his childhood dream of becoming a teacher
Finding family over shared meals in Thavanampalle
Lunch, a game of Daayam, and two hours of companionship… the Geriatric Nutrition Centres in Thavanampalle are where abandoned senior citizens have fostered a second family
What would bring you to Aragonda?
The shared meals, badminton games, visits to the hills, or all of these? The Total Health team shows how it is the love for their village that keeps them going
The eyes and the ears of the forest
He was attacked by a rhino, but game watcher at Manas National Park, Arul Rabha, says he’s proud of protecting the animals he shares his forest with
In the loneliness-inducing pandemic, how yoga fostered a sense of community in Thavanampalle’s senior citizens
For the elderly villagers of Thavanampalle, yoga became more than a way to control lifestyle diseases – it lifted their spirits and improved their mental health during the pandemic
Serendipity is a couple meeting on a bus and benefitting a whole community
This health worker couple, who travel to villages deep inside the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana every day, explain why they could not do it without each other