India as a civilisation has given the world some of its most creative concepts of peace, inspired by Buddha, Nanak, Kabir, Ghaffar Khan and Gandhi.

Deeper wells do not just hurt the environment but can also increase the cost borne by farmers.

“The good thing about Ecosan toilets is that families are willingly putting their own money in it, which ensures that they will use it too,”

"School was not a healthy place to spend one’s childhood in ... sitting quietly, being obedient are not things that children should be doing."

"Alternative narratives at a scale that the farmer community can understand, control and adopt are already available."

Spaces need to be created for inter-generational learning for young Adivasi peoples, where adults in the community can impart local knowledge

Natural farming has improved yields in some areas but scaling it up to cover the entire state requires Rs 17,000 crore.

The river, a matrix of abundance, its alluvial deposits and its water, rendered the land fertile and made agriculture possible.

Merely imposing a cost to curb the growing extraction is not enough.