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Emancipation through Education: Movement for Scavenger Community
Eradication of caste violence and discriminatory attitude towards the scavenger community by facilitating leadership education.
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Community Forest Rights & The Pandemic: Gram Sabhas Lead the Way (in Malayalam)
Empowerment of villagers to govern and manage local natural resources can sustain economies!
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सामुदायिक वन अधिकार और महामारी : ग्राम सभा ने दिखाई राह
ग्रामवासियों का स्थानीय प्राकृतिक संसाधनों पर अधिकार, उनके आर्थिक सशक्तिकरण को बढाता है
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Community Forest Rights & The Pandemic: Gram Sabhas Lead the Way!
Empowerment of villagers to govern and manage local natural resources can sustain economies!
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This town in Kerala has set its sights on becoming India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat
We tried to find out how much greenhouse gases are being emitted within the panchayat boundaries.
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Why I wrote a book on Dalit food
In Mumbai they were introduced to supposedly iconic Maharashtrian dishes vada pav and misal - unheard of in Marathwada!
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Carnatic music and a folk theatre form come together to push the stubborn lines of caste and gender
Artistic traditions are being fostered without the incumbent caste and gender biases.
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How to move a mountain
"We must be ready with ... our resolve to move mountains (of a hierarchical and unequal social order that has risen again)"
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Savitribai Phule: The lady who changed the face of women’s rights in India
A crusader for women's empowerment, she broke all stereotypes and spent her life promoting the noble cause of women’s education.