community
A case for conscience and humanity

Wars highlight nationality and ethnicity at the cost of humanity. This piece looks at Ela Bhatt’s household model to move towards a society that cares.

Dalit women reclaiming their narratives through Community Media

The Community Media Trust here demonstrates that not only in the content, the media has to be democratic in its representation and decision-making processes as well.

क्या जैव विविधता राजनीति विज्ञान की शिक्षक बन सकती है? (In Hindi)

एक खोज - स्थानीय जैव विविधता में स्थापित शिक्षा कैसे मनुष्यों के बीच समानता, विविधता और समावेशिता के मूल्यों को गहरा कर सकती है|

The ‘Real’ Kerala Story: Tales of Communal Harmony From Ground Zero

Temples and churches hosting Iftar parties and Nabi Dinam, blending of the azaan with temple bells, Muslims helping Hindu families – all these instances add to the state’s already rich traditions.

Dongria Kondh Tribals Take on Corporate Goliaths to Save Forests

The Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti and the MSS are demanding the immediate recognition of Community Forest Rights and Individual Forest Rights of tribals to their forests, as mandated under the FRA 2006.

जंगल को कैसे बचा रहे हैं छत्तीसगढ़ के कमार ? (In Hindi)

कमार आदिवासियों ने जंगल बचाने के साथ आजीविका भी बचाई है|

TRANSITION TOWN MOVEMENT

It is an initiative or model that refers to grassroots community projects. The aim is to create the means for sustainable self-sufficiency at the local level to reduce the potential effects of peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability.

Hakki Pikki: The global nomads of Karnataka 

The Hakki Pikkis are an entrepreneurial community. Theirs is an economy of subsistence and the marginalised. Their trade networks do not conform to the known notions of the ‘poor’.

Ruza, a traditional water harvesting system for the water-scarce mountains

It is a communal practice with the water shared among families and an integrated form of farming comprising forestry, horticulture, agriculture, fishery and animal husbandry.