by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
For two years, every weekend a group of volunteers converges on Versova beach, on the north shore of Mumbai, to collect the rubbish – by hand! The team has already collected over 7000 tonnes of waste – and it all started with one man. A lawyer who looked...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
India has a coastline of more than 7,000 kilometers, but sadly, it’s not all pristine beaches and stunning cliffs. In fact, for Mumbai’s citizens, the shore is more like a landfill. The beaches are covered with trash — colourful plastic bags, bottles...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
Festival fireworks and honking street traffic – what are the solutions to noise pollution? Testing fireworks’ decibel levels and noise mapping is hoped to help alleviate noise in Mumbai, India. Chhavi Sachdev hears from the Maharashtra Pollution Control...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
In India there have been many well-documented cases of women who were deliberately burned by their husbands as part of dowry demands. The law has been changed to give women more protection during the first seven years of marriage. But women are still being burned. Now...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
Chhavi Sachdev guest hosted an episode of CrowdScience to answer “How does technology affect how we fall in love?” Crowdscience traveled to India to answer listener Erin’s questions about the impact of the internet on our search for soulmates. We meet...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
In patriarchal societies like India, women who survive their husbands are often neglected later in life. In Bangalore, a slum community center is hoping to improve the lives of these widows by providing a space where they can come to do yoga, crafts and make friends....
