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.

Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council- Leh (India), How autonomous and how democratic?

This case study analyses the extent and nature of democracy seen in the example of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development…

Tosamaidan- A zone of peace and resilience in Kashmir (India)

This case study describes and analyses a non-violent movement to save a Himalayan landscape of enormous ecological and livelihood importance,…

Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community

Getting citizens to be vigilant, contribute data and having students as data producers and messengers are excellent learnings

Worshipping the Pangolin-god – conservation by a unique village in coastal Maharashtra

The Pangolin is a threatened animal and deserves the legal status that provides it with equal protection as the Tiger

कोकणातील डुगवे : खवले मांजरांना देवाचे स्थान देऊन संवर्धन करणारे जगातील पहिले गाव (in Marathi)

मानवी हस्तक्षेपामुळे त्यांचा अधिवास धोक्यात आला असल्याने वन्यजीव संरक्षण कायद्यानुसार त्याला वाघाइतकेच संरक्षण आहे

‘Save Pangolin’ by Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra

The team, in collaboration with the Forest Department, has rescued many pangolins and ensured their release in the wild.

Government of Maharashtra to study “Odisha Millets Mission” to initiate similar State Millet Mission

Info. and experiential learning from Odisha Millets Mission will help in formulating and implementing a similar activity in Maha.

Seed festivals put spotlight on conservation of indigenous seeds

Local and endemic crops that have evolved over time are a rich source of nutrition.

સંઘણી: કચ્છી હાથવણાટની ઉઘડતી ક્ષિતિજો – ચાવીરૂપ તારણો અને વિશ્લેષણ (in Gujarati)

કચ્છના વણકર સમુદાયની જીવન અને આજીવિકામાં રૂપાંતરના બહુવિધ પરિમાણો થઈ રહ્યા છે