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.

मातीवर पुनर्प्रक्रिया योग्य उपाय आहे? गणेशोत्सवात वापरल्या जाणाऱ्या साहित्याचा पर्यावरणीय परिणाम आणि विविध पर्यायांचा तुलनात्मक आढावा (In Marathi)

तात्पुरत्या मूर्तीपासून कायमस्वरूपी मूर्तीकडे जाणे हा अंतिम आणि आदर्श बदल आहे जो विसर्जनामुळे कोणताही परिणाम होणार नाही याची खात्री करेल.

पवित्र निर्माल्य : गणेशोत्सवात निर्माण होणाऱ्या घनकचऱ्याचे व्यवस्थापन (In Marathi)

प्रत्येक शहरातील महानगरपालिका ही चक्रीय पुरवठा साखळी त्यांच्या घनकचरा व्यवस्थापन योजनांमध्ये एकत्रित करू शकतात जेणेकरून सामग्रीचे खरे मूल्य ओळखले जाईल.

Engendering change

North East Network’s three decades in Nagaland show how transformation holds only when women’s voices and dignity are placed at the core.

Ladakh violence: How government inaction on its promises on autonomy has fuelled frustration

The government needs to make clear what its intentions are – to grant Ladakh’s legitimate demands, or keep dragging its feet, risking further antagonising an already infuriated population?

The Women Who Brought Water Back To A Himalayan Village

A Himalayan village once crippled by water scarcity, women revived dying springs with spades and science. Yet, they remain excluded from land ownership and decision-making, revealing deep gender gaps in environmental governance.

Why is the Centre dragging its feet on autonomy for Ladakh?

The Ladakh administration's decision to revoke the land lease of the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning is the latest of a series of moves aimed at suppressing a people demanding constitutional autonomy and self-governance.

Beyond the Elephant and the Blind Men: A Story of Collective Sense-Making

Vikalp Sangam answers the parable: we listen to each sector's truth to see the whole elephant of an equitable, just & sustainable future.

Remembering Dayamma: In Grief, Celebration And Protest

In Chennai, a theatre festival paid a moving tribute to a beloved trans elder and stage stalwart, pushing boundaries and transforming the stage into a space of resistance and queer joy.

Tracking seasons through changing tree behaviour

Citizen science platforms, such as SeasonWatch, are generating large-scale, long-term biodiversity data that help track ecological responses to climate change, such as changes in species distribution, flowering times, and migration patterns.