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From the Mob to the Community: the Alternative to Developmentality
It requires a vibrant Community to protect the commons from individual appropriation.
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The duo who revolutionized the folk culture of Rajasthan
An institute that set the ball rolling in the field of folklore, art and music in Rajasthan.
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Proto-Village: A Prototype of a Vikalp Economy
Each one can produce their food, is literate, can think mathematically, are environmentally responsible and physically fit
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The Making of Khwaabgaon: How an Idyllic Village in Bengal Became an Artist’s Canvas
Villagers ceremonially put a fresh coat of mud on their walls start painting on them
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Speaking River, Speaking Rain
Languages, in complex ways, are braided together with living ecologies and places.
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Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report
"... Such examples of realising economic benefits have a direct positive impact on forest growth,”
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Discoms to hand-hold residents to boost rooftop solar power in Delhi
Community-based demand aggregation programmes, which will be expanded if the pilot projects are successful.
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Reviving the Thar Desert’s Camel Culture
Protecting the camel is synonymous to protecting its habitat—large, open, desert areas used by villages as commons
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उत्तराखंड की आवाज है हेंवलवाणी (in Hindi)
स्थानीय भाषा गढ़वाली में हेंवलवाणी सामुदायिक रेडियो के कार्यक्रम होते हैं, जिनका मुख्य जोर स्थानीय जरूरतें व समुदाय से जुड़े मुद्दे हैं