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.

स्थलांतरावर मात करणारे कळवंडे गाव (in Marathi)

पुरुष मंडळी फळबागांच्या नगदी लागवडीत गुंतली तर स्त्रिया बारमाही भाजीपाला लागवडीत नी विक्री व्यवसायात.

सीएए-एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ़ आए आदिवासी बोले, सरकार के कागज़ों के मकड़जाल में नहीं फंसेंगे (in Hindi)

जिस जंगल में उनके पुरखों के अंश गड़े है, वो अपने हक का इससे बड़ा और क्या सबूत दे

Ecotourism in Uttarakhand: pioneer Manohar Singh Manral (conversation in Hindi)

लोग सोचें कि जंगली जानवर मेरे ही खेत में आ जाएं !

A Course Reserved for Men

This Bengaluru Community college is running a workshop to teach men how to cook, share household chores

Walking The World without phone and money

The two are walking 1400 km from Pondicherry to Mumbai. The walks through the villages are filled with food, fun and conversations.

Fishing for a Difference

A story about an initiative that revives lakes and empowers communities

Odisha Millet Mission: The successes and the challenges

"For the first time in 72 years, a key agriculture mandi intervention has taken place in Malkangiri"

Radio aids revival of dying tribal language

Started in Jan. 2020 the pre-recorded radio programmes have so far been aired on 16 different occasions

Return of indigenous crops helps reduce farm distress and restore ecosystems

An annual seed festival, a celebration for the farmers of 18 villages in Odisha who have revived the practice of growing indigenous crops