Health and Hygiene
Barefoot counsellors – filling the void in rural mental healthcare

Meet the "barefoot counsellors,” trained by the Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, born during COVID, and quietly redefining community mental health support at the grassroots.

Case studies
Institutional Memory of Vikalp Sangam: A Review of the Process in its First Decade

We documented Vikalp Sangam’s Institutional Memory, to capture the Vikalp Sangam process, the unique insights and learnings of the members along their journey.

Knowledge and Media
Not rescue but revolution: Inside Kranti’s radical classroom

On the Himalayan slopes, far from the red-light districts where its students come from, a small school carves a new path for social change.

Knowledge and Media
A retired couple educating rural kids in the mountains | Library Seems Happy (Documentary Film)

The library is a lifestyle they have developed which exhibits their mindful and responsible way of living. It is not just limited to the rural areas or villages but something every child has a right to receive.

Environment and Ecology
What women’s work songs reveal about the changing climate

Long before climate science named the crisis, women were registering these shifts in another language – song.

Environment and Ecology
Kochi experiments with micro algae for carbon capture and cleaning its air

Microalgae function like miniature plants absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, making them apt for cleaning air naturally.

Environment and Ecology
A generation strives to revive traditional healing

Homegardens play a crucial role in carbon sequestration and livelihood support, with studies showing that higher plant diversity increases both carbon storage and household economic returns.

Environment and Ecology
Biocultural Festival 2026, Gojri Buffalo

The festival was part of the UN’s International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, with February dedicated to Mobility, Land, and Water Security. It was also the International Month of the buffalo.

Knowledge and Media
Community filmmakers tell lesser-known stories of their cities

This curation casts its net on films about cities to draw in work less heard about, filmmakers rooted in their communities and showing them from their unique perspectives.