The goat-selling cooperative, created by a coalition of women's self-help groups serves 192 tribal villages.

Chhattisgarh's Shaheed Hospital has been built and is being run by workers themselves. It provides them with many state-of-the-art facilities.

Short videos by community members on alternative initiatives that attempt to integrate ecological sustainability, economic democracy, social justice, cultural diversity and democratic governance.

Payvihir, which has a 182-hectare forest under community forest rights (CFR), has worked wonders in the last four years, showing the way for tribals.

These second generation farmers wish to market chemical-free and pesticide-free farm produce directly to the consumers and eventually become “entrepreneurs.”

The theme for this year’s Mela is traditional seeds and cuisine, and transformation/healing.

The revenue to the Gram Sabha from bamboo has brought financial independence, where collective decisions on the utilisation of funds are taken.

Madhu Reddy talks about the journey that inspired her to return to her family farm and convert it into a chemical-free establishment.

"A lot of our products are cheaper than the inorganic equivalent in supermarkets, since our overheads are low."