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.

झारखंड में छोटे बच्चों के लिए अनूठी पहल (In Hindi)

बच्चों के पोषण व सेहत का कार्यक्रम है बा बागान, जो 3 साल से कम उम्र के बच्चों के लिए झूलाघर है, वे वहां रहते हैं, खाते हैं, खेलते हैं, वहीं उनके माता-पिता भी उन्हें यहां छोड़कर अपने काम कर रहे हैं

Why this Maharashtra village is fighting for the long forgotten Gramdan Act?

Dec 2022, Mendha (Lekha), a village deep inside the forest area of Gadchiroli, moved the Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC for implementing Gramdan, a historic act born out of a movement by Vinoba Bhave

‘Chhu-med’- No Water and the ‘imaginary of hope’: Living in-between Climate Change and Adaptation, Development and Sustainability, Apathy and Hope.

How communities in Ladakh survive an intense water crisis despite institutional apathy and critical climate change, by coming together through a culture’s ‘Imaginary of Hope’.

How India’s First ‘Green Village’ Turned Hunters Into Conservationists

The hunters-turned-conservationists of Khonoma are continuing to cultivate their community-led approach to protecting their heritage.

First person: In the battle to reclaim Hinduism from Hindutva, a pilgrimage of love

“The rise of populist nationalism, and especially those versions that clothe themselves in religious colours, requires a critique from the same religious traditions,” Anantanand Rambachan

In search of Mayal Lyang

Harnessing the power of stories through community-led research to preserve Lepcha indigenous culture in India

Balika Panchayat: The Story of Kunariya

The Balika Panchayat of Kunariya aims to empower women in the active functioning of the Gram Panchayat.

Nature’s Apprentice: A Gudalur Story

Adivasis of Gudalur create sustainable, dignified livelihoods and gain collective control over their commons, in the face of the modern economy.

Homes and Hearth: Sustaining Ladakh

Community participation has been key in their attempts to conserve their traditional cultural, food, and hospitality practices, in the face of mass tourism and 'development'.