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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
It means building deep foundations with a long-term view of development
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
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
Students in Chittoor learn hygiene habits via modified chekka bhajanas, traditionally used to tell stories from The Ramayana.
We travel inside the forests of Amrabad, Telangana, to understand how the Chenchu tribe depends on the forest for their survival
Traditionally hunter-gatherers, the Chenchus of Amrabad and NSTR are using their skill with the bow and arrow to gain success as sportspeople
In Amrabad, the Chenchu tribal community is burdened by microloans with a steep interest rate and debt traps including forced labour and land collaterals
Teenage pregnancies, anaemia, and lack of hygiene mark the lives of Chenchu women in the Nalamalla hills
Total Health’s Arrjava Warriors, a group of yoga practitioners tell us how the ancient knowledge has changed both their lives as well as their students’