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.

Small Sustainability Initiative changes women’s lives in a big way

The transition to organic farming has allowed people to save Rs. 400 every season. The quality of soil has also improved.

A literary fest with a difference

... to “orient literature to its critical social function” and “to listen to and engage with dissenting voices”.

Survivors of Sex Trafficking Fashion Jewellery For A Living

Survivors of sex trafficking learn the skill of creating fashion jewellery, making a mark among international and Indian buyers.

This Indian Language can be written by only 100 people

The need for a standard language for education and administration is more urgent in the conflicted regions the Gondi tribes inhabit

The dyers of Kotpad

Kotpad brick reds are among the most beautiful organically dyed reds in Indian handlooms

The Handmade Symposium

Part of the shift towards lesser dependence on machine technology - a planned, self-motivated and civilized way of rebuilding the current system.

Patthargarhi: Inside India’s Adivasistan

... the Adivasi-led exclusionist movement spread across hundreds of tribal villages in several states, including Jharkhand, Odisha and MP.

Mirza Ghalib’s Soulful Poetry comes Alive at this iconic Kolkata Street

Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation has turned Mirza Ghalib street into a living museum to celebrate the famous Urdu Poet's 221st birth anniversary.

Mumbai sighting of Olive Ridley hatchlings may not be as rare as imagined

It is entirely possible that it is only due to the regular clean-up of this 2.5-km-long beach (since 2015) that the turtles have returned.