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.

The nature of belief

As hunger for growth and energy threatens a community of nature worshippers, they point to a different path towards development

Protecting snow leopards with local communities

The snow leopard was considered to be a despised pest; now it is seen as a valuable tourism asset - by Norbu, as also by scores of other villagers from places where SLC-IT has worked.

Shifting Sands: How Rural Women in India Took Mining into their Own Hands

“When I worked in the farm, I was just another labourer. Here, I am in charge. People see my work and they also see me. It is a great feeling.” -- Yepuri Mani of the Undavalli women's mining group in Andhra Pradesh

Teach a Girl to Farm, and Transform Her Life in the Process

By empowering West Bengali girls to grow food, their economic value is increased, making parents less likely to marry off their daughters or sell them ...

Being Down-to-Earth – from a Ladakh Diary

Work is divided between all the members of the group so that the concerned family is not overloaded with chores.

Intricate Mud Paintings on School Walls

The initiative hopes to help resolve various issues confronting villages in India such as those regarding poverty, education and employment through cultural and artistic exchange.

The road back to nature

Such efforts where urban people become active cultivators and wish to eat what they grow are slowly increasing around Bengaluru and Mysuru, giving a whole new dimension to the concept of weekend farming.

‘Roti Bank’ guarantees right to food in Bundelkhand

Volunteers collect and distribute the food, benefiting patients and attendants, destitute on the roads and railway station, slum dwellers and poor undergoing treatment at home.

Barefoot hydrogeologists: The next generation

The time taken for villages in Nainital district, Uttarakhand to resolve their spring-related disputes has shrunk from two year to six months. Here's why.