Environment and Ecology
ACT one: Anti-dam, pro-people

"... We should also start coming up with new ideas, showing alternatives (to livelihood).”

Food and Water
Small Sustainability Initiative changes women’s lives in a big way

The transition to organic farming has allowed people to save Rs. 400 every season. The quality of soil has also improved.

Energy
Maharashtra’s toy train stations turn green

The solar electric supply will result in savings of Rs. 2.07 lakh per year on the power bill, besides reducing its carbon footprint.

Society, Culture and Peace
A literary fest with a difference

... to “orient literature to its critical social function” and “to listen to and engage with dissenting voices”.

Food and Water
Reap What You Sow! Mangaluru Students Grow 1.4 Tonnes of Rice on Fallow Land

Students levelled the field, planted seedlings, removed weeds, and finally, last month, harvested their produce.

Environment and Ecology
Meet the Lady Who Has Revived 25 Forgotten Varieties of Rice; Try Some Today!

The need to eat right and provide nutritious meals for their child led Menaka and Thilak Raj to become entrepreneurs.

Livelihoods
Survivors of Sex Trafficking Fashion Jewellery For A Living

Survivors of sex trafficking learn the skill of creating fashion jewellery, making a mark among international and Indian buyers.

Society, Culture and Peace
This Indian Language can be written by only 100 people

The need for a standard language for education and administration is more urgent in the conflicted regions the Gondi tribes inhabit

Livelihoods
The dyers of Kotpad

Kotpad brick reds are among the most beautiful organically dyed reds in Indian handlooms