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.

A new tribe of storytellers is using every trick in the book to keep you rapt

How to give children of the digital generation a sense of earth - may be through stories ?

We need to go beyond self-interest or we’re doomed: Jean Drèze

There is a natural complementarity between research and action which means using non-violent, democratic means to bring about change.

Dignity by Design: A Life Free of ‘mal’ (feces)

For the women manual scavengers in Madhya Pradesh, a stitching centre is adding dignity back to their lives.

A new Chipko in Odisha

"We, the women of Balarampur, are determined not to let anybody touch our trees" says Chaturi Sahu of Balarampur village, Dhenkanal

How about sweets made with millets?

The event ‘Smart millets for a Smart Diwali’ showcased a few sweet dishes made with millets such as Foxtail Paisam, Korra Laddu, and Ragi Halwa.

Millet mantra on their lips

The event comprised millets-cookery workshop, exhibition of a variety of millet products and millet cooking contest followed by a millet feast.

Women forest guides pave new paths in Chhattisgarh

Being forest guides comes organically to the women as they have been born and bred in the same forest.

The people who help you die better

Compassionate volunteers caring for their terminally ill neighbours is allowing more people in Kerala, to end their days at peace, at home.

Nila – A river and its relationships

A revival of traditional arts and crafts along the River Bharathapuzha in Kerala