I have been physically assaulted by my in-laws so many times that I have lost count”, says adolescent Raghavi* from a village in Belagavi, India. Married at the age of twelve, Raghavi began facing abuse during the time of her first pregnancy. She was just 15 then. “The first time my mother-in-law beat me was...

With an average of 50,000 new cases daily in the month of May, Karnataka witnessed a new peak in the COVID pandemic. The second wave did not spare children, teenagers, and youth in their 20s, who accounted for a large number of infections and fatalities. According to the official data, 7,06,449 people got infected between...

About Karunalaya-A home for Intellectually  Challenged Children Karunalaya home situated in Kollegal Town of Chamrajnagar district in the state of Karnataka was started in the year 1983 and was augmented with the proper infrastructures in the year 2002. This programme facilitated the providing of a second home and imparting training to children of the age...