Series
India - A country on the move
One in five people on the planet now lives in india. The world's largest democracy is becoming increasingly important internationally. Also for Europe. An insight into a country whose economy is growing by a good six per cent a year and which has to provide free basic food to more than half the population. This series explores the great upheavals that India is currently going through and follows the people who are navigating these changes.
By Julia Lauter and Holger Fröhlich
Episode 1
One in five people on the planet now lives in India. The world's largest democracy is becoming increasingly important internationally. Also for Europe. An insight into a country whose economy is growing by a good six per cent a year and which has to provide free basic food to more than half the population.
Protocol Motilal Kanojia
„An electric iron would solve a lot of problems“
In the quiet lanes of Thane, a suburb of Mumbai, Motilal Kanojia, 44, has been running his small coal-fired ironing shop for 28 years. In 2019, we met Motilal Kanojia for a first interview, shortly before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have now returned to find out how he and his company have coped.
Episode 2
The second part of the India series takes us to Bangalore, the country's start-up metropolis.
Episode 3
Bangalore sometimes suffers from a lack of water, sometimes from flooding. Innovative entrepreneurs are working on the problem - with traditional technology.
Episode 4
India's energy transition is causing an upswing in one of the poorest parts of the country. People are fighting for their share of it.
Episode 6
Five million women, one support group
In part six, the state of Kerala shows the world how rural women can become entrepreneurs.
Episode 7
Prescribing Change: How Tamil Nadu is Healing India's Pharma Woes
This series explores the major upheavals that India is currently undergoing. And it accompanies people who are navigating this change. In the seventh and final part, we explore the pharmacy of the world - and the dark side of the pharmaceutical boom in India. Our reporter in Tamil Nadu investigated how a supply of cheap and safe medicines can work.
Drivers of the transformation
Cyriac Abby Philips
Cyriac Abby Philips, a renowned doctor and liver specialist from Kerala, has become a social media star for fighting medical misinformation. He is up against a huge industry that relies on quackery and pseudoscience - and has powerful allies in society and politics.
Dhanak of Humanity
The lovers' savioursIn India, who is allowed to be with whom still depends heavily on caste and religion. Couples who cross these boundaries often feel the full force of society. The organisation Dhanak of Humanity helps them - and supports them in building a life outside the Indian norm.
Beena Pallical
The accountant of the oppressed
The caste system has been officially abolished in India for almost a hundred years - yet it still excludes millions and millions of people from social advancement. Economist Beena Pallical is fighting this system. Her weapon: economic education.
Pratik Sinha
No other country spreads so many false news stories as India. Pratik Sinha and his colleagues are fighting this disinformation with their organisation Alt News – and paying a high price.
Eby Emmanuel
The monsoon has become increasingly unpredictable. In Kerala, deadly floods and landslides occur almost every year. Instead of relying on the government or the gods, the people living along the Meenachil river have set up their own early warning system - and it is beating all the professional forecasts. At the heart of the project is Eby Emmanuel.
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This series is funded by the European Journalism Center, as part of the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. This fund is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
None of these organizations have any influence on the content.














