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.

An organic way of life

Clothing, pickles, packaging... the city has a thriving organic ecosystem

A crowd funded `Janarajyotsava’ award

Hundreds of people from across Karnataka gathered to celebrate the life and struggle of Somanna, and the `Janarajyotsava award’ was conferred on him.

Music Basti – a musical shelter

An endeavour like ours can trigger some sort of re-evaluation of arts education in schools.

Glimpses of the Food Sangam at Muniguda, Odisha

The sangam started with a mini food festival and a public event which saw participation of people including children from surrounding grampanchayats ...

Into the World of Toys

“When the space is given, kids can come up with wonderful ideas. Our idea is to give them that room and allow them to get into a world beyond just text books.”

From the Himalayan mountains to Ocean Blues – Avani to Saagari

Avani's approach is to re-establish the broken link between the natural resource base, the farmer, dyer and weaver, and to nurture it

महिलाओं के लिए संघर्ष करने वाली केशीबाई को अंतरराष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार से नवाजा गया (in Hindi)

पिछले बीस सालों से महिलाओं के हक में संघर्षरत केशी बाई वृक्षारोपण और जलसंग्रहण का अनूठा कार्य भी कर रहीं हैं

Fighting Patriarchal Structures of Decision-Making

Kesi Bai has been able to challenge traditional views and promote gender equality and women’s participation in community decision-making.

Usha, dawn of hope and dignity

The Usha Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd. is not just a bank but a life-changing platform for nearly 23 thousand sex workers in Kolkata