Photo Essays

Photo Essays

  • Amrita SeRVe Villages During Nationwide Lockdown
    Amrita staff keep track of government schemes reaching the people helping vulnerable members of the rural communities to survive during lockdown.
  • Health Workers in Action
    Overview of activities since health workers started working in Amrita SeRVe villages.
  • Harnessing the Essence of Wilderness
    In the evergreen rain forests of Wayanad district in Kerala, four SHG women are gathering wild lemongrass for their autonomous production of aromatic essential oil.
  • Sadivayal Village Leads the Way to Organic Farming
    Amrita Sadivayal Vyavasaya Kulu -farmers’ club inspires neighboring hamlets to organic farming
  • Cleaning Our Home
    Villagers are uniting to get trash out of their public areas and keep them clean.
  • New Knowledge & New Friends
    Mobile phone photos bring you the experiences of Amrita SeRVe’s first summer camps for village children.
  • Learning Inner Peace
    Children in our villages across India return to the ancient art of yoga and find strength to face the challenges in their daily lives.
  • With the Ghost of Ansel Adams
    Naturally talented photographers from our villages want to share their experiences through pictures.
  • Life in Nani Borvai, Gujarat
    Most villagers have farms, work as labourers on the land of others, or work in the nearby quarries. In terms of getting the kind of employment which requires a graduate education, there are almost no opportunities.
  • A Higher Understanding
    Amrita University students intern in villages to learn about the rich traditions, culture, and strength latent in India’s villages. They also come away with a better understanding of the unique challenges facing rural India.
  • Life in Bihar
    In Bihar, people face some of the most difficult life challenges: poverty casts a huge shadow, malnutrition is commonly found and the community faces long delays in development.
  • Life in Kalinagar, West Bengal
    Kalinagar, West Bengal has a literacy rate of 62%, however, most children drop out of school after 8th standard because they need to work.
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