Society, Culture and Peace

Enhancing socio-cultural well-being, ensuring justice and equity

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Featured here are initiatives to enhance social and cultural aspects of human life: the revival and progressive use of visual, performing, and other arts, of the myriad crafts of the country, of threatened or submerged languages, of food and cuisine diversity, and other such cultural traits and processes. They also cover the various struggles and constructive movements to achieve social justice, to reduce inequalities and inequities of various kinds including caste, class, gender, ethnicity, and religion, and to create dignity in living for those currently oppressed and exploited. Finally, they include movements to generate ethical living and thinking, and spread values such as simplicity, honesty, frugality, and tolerance.

ओडिशा हैंडलूम और बुनकरों की आजीविका (in Hindi)

हथकरघे से बनी संबलपुरी साड़ियों की बाजार में काफी मांग है, इससे बुनकरों की आजीविका की सुरक्षा हो रही है

श्रमयोग: कैसे एक हिमालयी क्षेत्र, सल्ट, अपना सशक्तिकरण कर रहा है (In Hindi)

श्रमयोग का उद्देश्य विभिन्न गतिविधियों और पहलों के माध्यम से “सहयोग”, “शिक्षा” और “संगठन” के इन स्तंभों को मजबूत करना है।

Can Wullar Lake Be Saved from Ecological Collapse Before It Is Too Late?

Wullar Lake faces severe ecological collapse driven by electric fishing, pollution, and microbial outbreaks. Fisherfolk demand urgent enforcement, scientific investigation, and community-led restoration to protect livelihoods and restore the wetland.

ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയ്ക്കപ്പുറം: കൂട്ടായ അർത്ഥരൂപീകരണത്തിലേക്ക് (In Malayalam)

ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയുമായി വികൽപ് സംഗം പ്രക്രിയ എങ്ങനെ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് വായിക്കാം.

अंडमान में सतरंगी झंडा कइसे लहराई? (In Bhojpuri)

क्वियर-फ्रेंडली में गिनाए वाला भारत के एह शहर के बिकास के कहानी का बा? क्वियर समुदाय एतना छोट बा कि दोस्ती आ साथ देवे वाला लोग एकरा खातिर बहुते जरूरी बा.

Kumaon Festival of Literature and Arts is doing something no one else is—refusing to grow

“We’re overwhelmed by the interest the festival receives, but we can’t accommodate everyone. The art and literature featured here must have some connection to the hills and the environment. That’s the only filter we use,” said Janhavi Prasada.

Legends of Sher Dariya (The Lion River)

The existential challenge for all of us now is: How can we listen to the rivers again? How can we become the voice for Indus and other rivers that are being polluted, dammed, divided and diverted?

How Young Filmmakers From the Northeast Are Using Their Cameras To Protect India’s Hidden Forests

Youth from the Northeast are using cameras to tell stories of their wild places. What began as a filmmaking initiative is now empowering communities to document and defend their biodiversity.

From the Western Ghats to Jharkhand: A Journey of Adivasi Culture and Connection

On her first train journey ever, a young indigenous writer from the Pazhaiyar adivasi community is invited to join women’s self-help groups in eastern India on Women’s Day.