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.

Why I wrote a book on Dalit food

In Mumbai they were introduced to supposedly iconic Maharashtrian dishes vada pav and misal - unheard of in Marathwada!

A living gene bank

Small parcels of grains from marked off plots devoted to specific varieties are handed over as seeds to interested farmers.

How to Save Forest Culture? ‘Silent’ Battle by Odisha’s Kondhs is The Right Lesson

The men, women and children from every family worked on a war footing to replant, restore and replenish the beauty of their aboriginal mother – the jungle.

After cyclone Fani, women in a migrant fishing community start resilience fund

A go-to fund created by women to take care of small expenses and activities linked to pressing needs that follow disasters.

How millet farming empowers women

The Millet Sisters Network trains women across the country in organic farming by using vermicompost, farm manure and cow products.

उत्‍तराखंड की इस विलुप्‍त होती भाषा को बचाने में वॉट्सऐप बना मददगार (in Hindi)

विविध सोशल मीडिया पर कई ग्रुप बन गए जहां लोग रंगलो भाषा में ऑडियो रिकॉर्डिंग पोस्‍ट करने लगे। रंगलो के शब्‍द और उनके अर्थ भी शेयर हो रहे हैं

Gond children learn to conserve forests

They took an oath to protect their forest. After several discussions, residents of all the adjacent villages agreed to protect the forest.

In Kashmir, an imperilled zone of peace

" ... a number of peaceful protests were organised here and in Srinagar and no incident of violence was ever reported,”

To the Brave and Peace-seeking People of the Kashmir Valley – कश्मीर घाटी के बहादुर और अमन पसंद लोगों के नाम

We look forward to our common future. हम आपके साथ अपने सांझे भविष्य की और आशा से देख रहे हैं