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.

झारखण्ड के एक आदिवासी गाँव द्वारा एथ्नोमेडिसिन ज्ञान को बचाए रखने का प्रयास (in Hindi)

स्थानीय महिलाओं ने एथ्नोमेडिसिन चिकित्सा के ज्ञान को आने वाली पीढ़ियों के लिए संग्रहित करने की इच्छा जताई।

Ecological ‘holocaust’: Women saving India’s Western Ghats forest

A group of 27 women act as guardians of the rare ferns, tree-hugging mosses and thousands of other plants that may otherwise be lost forever

कहांडळ गवत व शिंदीच्या झाडांची किमया (in Marathi)

आपल्या कल्पना शक्तीच्या जोरावर भाकऱ्या ठेवण्यासाठी कुरकुला, पक्षांचे आकार, मंदिर, फुलदाणी, इंग्रज टोपी विणून एक नवीन प्रेरणा गावातील लोकांना दिली.

मेंढा (लेखा) के श्री. देवाजी तोफा को मानद D.Litt. (in Hindi)

"दिल्ली मुंबई में हमारी सरकार, हमारे गाव में हमही सरकार !"

महामारी में शहीद अस्पताल की पहल (in Hindi)

सस्ता व उचित इलाज और सही जानकारी के प्रचार-प्रसार से महामारी का सामना किया।

What can two imaginative minds create with Wild Grass and thorny tree?

Every plant, tree and even wild grass that seems useless, can enrich our lives, create livelihoods, replace store-bought plastic and be a source of pride.

The forbidden forests of Meghalaya

Ancient traditions can play a huge role in designing modern sustainability practices.

How Women In Himachal Are Growing Healthier Crops Using ‘Zero Budget’ Farming Techniques

Another woman farmer practicing natural farming has motivated 150 other women farmers (now part of cooperative farming)

Aamcha Jungle Dennar Nahi (We will not hand over our forest)

"We've been conserving the forest for millennia. Even our songs are similar to the sounds of animals..."