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.

Meet the man who is digitally conserving and restoring the Ajanta caves

The paintings in the 2000-year-old Ajanta Caves are in a precarious state and can’t be fully restored. But there is an attempt to restore them digitally

A ‘cheesy’ effort to give women wings

"We want their work to be noticed, rather than their disability,”

In the words of Sunita Kashyap: “We believe in trade, not aid”

Demand for reduced taxes on trading for women’s collectives to help them effectively participate in value chains and get income security.

Indian women grow their own future

Men may have benefited the most: there have as yet been no reported suicides in households where women have taken charge.

Community radio as a phenomenon: Winning hertz

In today’s world of converged media, radio programmes have a greater reach than ever before as they are shared on social media sites.

Onathallu, the Martial Art Game of Central Kerala

Heritage from the banks of a Kerala river: a martial art form - Onathallu

Surviving through Ages

Can trees survive with roots immersed permanently in water? For hundreds of years?? And human communities have protected them?

There is so much to explore in the world of tubers

The tuber stall led by Lakshmi Siddhi registered sales worth ₹11,000!

Sikkim allows people to forge fraternal ties with trees

Rules prohibit felling or damage to any such tree and point out that such violation shall be treated as a forest offence.