Bhimshankar village makes the most of nature’s trail
While promoting ecotourism, the villagers try to maintain a balance between conservation, livelihood and convenience
Legacies crucial for the commons
They encompass Marx’s vision of a society that bridges humanity’s ‘metabolic rift’ with nature, and Gandhi’s emphasis on living lightly on earth.
Under Modi, India Has Witnessed an Unprecedented Chomping of the Earth
The natural environment is the daily lifeline of ... forest-dwellers, fishers, farmers, craftspersons, pastoralists, urban poor.
आदिवासियों की उम्मीद है आधारशिला (in Hindi)
यहां हाथ से काम करने, आसपास के परिवेश और समाज से सीखने पर जोर दिया जाता है
Traditional knowledge of a north-east community holds answers to the misunderstood practice of shifting cultivation
Adis know what kind of crops take up what kind of nutrients and how it affects other crops
An alternative school in rural Kerala is teaching tribal children life lessons
Gothrathalam school aims at preventing Dalit and Adivasi students from being isolated
Does Raising Questions on the Rights of Adivasis Make Me a ‘Deshdrohi’?
The (Samatha) judgment was meant to provide safeguards for adivasis to control the excavation of minerals in their lands...
The Centre Cannot Hold: How GN Devy challenges our concept of knowledge
Devy is now at the frontline of the war over knowledge, language and politics.
Using organic waste for paddy germination
The Raj Gonds have the seeds germinate speedily between layers of leaves of teak and Vitex trifolia, a method suitable for dry conditions.