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.

I can hear the drums

“... while the outer world around us has changed, we haven’t changed much inside. Those conflicts are a part of my poetry,” he says.

Chetna Andolan’s “Best Ecologist Award 2016”

Participants were judged on their ability to cut grass without harming other plants, and on their knowledge of the forest.

Diversity in Mumbai

The common thread that weaves different religious groups is culture - diverse and inclusive culture.

मेरी अभिव्यक्ति – My Learning in and through Theatre (in Hindi)

थिएटर की दुनिया में एक अलग तरह की आज़ादी है जहाँ मैं खुल के जी पाता हूँ, अपनी सोच रचनात्मकता तरह से दुसरो के सामने रख पाता हूँ, बे झिझक सवाल पूछ सकता हूँ

देशातील पहिला धरा चित्र उत्सव (in Marathi)

सद्ध्याच्या स्थितीत शेतीविषयीच्या प्रश्नांवर ७ शेतांमध्ये ७ वेगवेगळी चित्रे साकारण्यात आली आहेत.

India’s first Land Art Festival

Through this land art festival we will be celebrating our land, our soil, our food and nature...

Vikalp Sangam Report – Hemis Shukpachan

"Integrated organic farming is the way forward for Ladakh to ensure maximum returns largely due to the paucity of cultivable land in the region."

A Seat at the Table: Women in Manipur Strive for Peace in a Militarized State

Women in Manipur are building peace and advocating to end militarization in a state awash with guns and drugs.

Carrying forward the tradition

With a motto that means Music to the Masses, SaMaPa is a national level platform for presentation, propagation, and teaching of traditional music.