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.

This town in Kerala has set its sights on becoming India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat

We tried to find out how much greenhouse gases are being emitted within the panchayat boundaries.

3R Bazar

Within months it had collected and sold items generating Rs 75K in revenue, which proves the concept ... in a small town like Ujjain.

Principles of Transformative Alternatives

To build various kinds of systemic alternatives together into a larger movement ... and to jointly envision a future

Young eco-crusaders across the country lend a refreshing rigour to the climate movement

It’s amazing that young ones are leading the climate movement now ... catalysed by hands-on environmental education by schools.

Revel in the beauty and grandeur of Kutch, at this four day exhibition in Delhi

Desi Oon presented by Khamir, runs at Bikaner House, Delhi from January 10-13, 2020

कबीर सिर्फ संत नहीं, बदलाव के प्रतीक हैं (in Hindi)

मालवा में कबीर भजन मंडलियों में जीवंत हैं, जो नियमित तौर पर उन्हें गाते हैं, सुनते हैं, गुनते हैं, उसमें कुछ जोड़ते घटाते हैं।

From rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic

One day a whole family came in with huge sacks of plastic waste, weighing seven kilos.

Nallamala Chenchus go for millet crops

The three-years-old foxtail millet seeds could suffice to yield a crop for domestic consumption.

A festival to teach children croc love

The crocodile fest involved children, for the organisers believe in educating them to live harmoniously with wildlife including crocodiles.