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Health and Hygiene
Sanitarily yours…
At a school in Kanchipuram, teachers and students harvest manure from dry composting toilets, thus paying possibly the best tribute to Gandhi
Learning and Education
Putting play at the centre of learning: Baala Balaga School
This equal opportunity school enables affordable access to education. It emphasizes learning that is child-centric, activity-oriented, play-based, and holistic.
Food and Water
The forest on their plates
The new forest policy had led to malnutrition in their communities and they got down to get back what they had lost - millets and seeds.
Food and Water
Rural group bats for traditional farming
Farmers erect 'T' shaped bamboo poles in the paddy fields to provide birds with perches so that they can feed on the larvae of leaf-eating insects
Millets should be in PDS, says lobby
On the MiNI's national campaign to bring millets (which are nutritious and suit India's agro-climatic conditions) into the PDS.
Environment and Ecology
Tribal crops find a haven
A tribal settlement in a Wildlife Sanctuary has turned into a treasure trove of traditionally grown, highly pest-resistant and protein-rich crops.
A ‘roti bank’ comes up in Aurangabad for the poor
People can voluntarily 'deposit' their food, once a day. Similarly, poor people can come any time to collect the food at their convenience.
Food and Water
At the Age of 50, This Man Decided to Give up His Successful Business to Take up Farming
From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – the amazing story of Suneet Salvi.
Environment and Ecology
Weaving Threads of Art & Identity: A Kachchh Experience
Preservation of traditional arts is deeply interlinked with preservation of identity and culture in the Kachchh.