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 Man Who Carved A Road Through The Mountain So His People Could Reach A Doctor In Time

"If it took all my life now, I would carve us a road through the mountain.”

Let’s salute those who are doing something positive

It was a meeting ... of people who were doing something positive rather than merely cribbing about the state of the world.

More forests to grow people

When we practice giving without expectation, those who experience the abundance will share it with more people, restoring the flow of life ...

Kerala’s all-women ‘She Taxi’ set to cross borders

“The 24×7 cab fleet system is incorporated with enhanced safety and security features that will facilitate immediate aid in case of any emergency situation,”

Discussions on Alternatives over Cups of Ragi Malt

The smaller group sessions focused on some very relevant issues in specific sectors and led to intense brain storming by the participants.

Poems to Colour In

Friends and strangers sit around and share anything (in the form of art, songs, dance, stories, ... that has inspired, touched or moved them.

Living a Rustic Life

All (building material) was lifted on the back and carried by the villagers up the hill!

Friends in other places

Stories of friendships across national borders reveal that Pakistan and India aren't too dissimilar

All the way to Timbaktu

We sensed that there is perhaps some urgency in affirming that we are not alone. That we not only share ideas with like-minded individuals across the globe. That we are intimately connected to many different kinds of people through our day-to-day lives.