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Why do indigenous communities persist with practising shifting cultivation?
The government has announced that shifting cultivation to receive legal backing ? A comprehensive policy is being written
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Gross family happiness, the farm living way
I started feeling that my economic needs (including my wants and desires) are not unlimited.
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This Bengaluru Couple Save 1 Lakh Litres of Water Every Year. Here’s How
The capital cost of building an eco-friendly house is 10 per cent lower. It also reduces the overall carbon footprint and water wastage.
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Kitchen gardens start yielding returns for city residents
Residents in flats have started sharing their produce regularly forming WhatsApp groups and displaying pictures to attract buyers.
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Kitchen Gardens That Bring Nutrition, Livelihood Support and Protect Seeds
The kitchen garden provides a steady stream of different vegetables and fruits, providing nutrition as well as a little extra income for the family.
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Sikkim allows people to forge fraternal ties with trees
Rules prohibit felling or damage to any such tree and point out that such violation shall be treated as a forest offence.
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विवाह : एक आत्मीय परियोजना (in Hindi)
एक विनम्र भेंट - उन अविस्मरणीय क्षणों की, जो सामुदायिक स्थानों के सह-निर्माण में एक साथ व्यतीत किये जाते हैं और एक समुदाय के मूलभूत अनुभव के द्योतक हैं।
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Interview with Indrajeet Misra
Collectively the material created a patchwork quilted vision of yearning, lost childhood and vivid memories powerfully simply evoked by the word ‘land’.
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A Family Wedding as a creative project
It was a reminder of times spent together in fruitful leisurely production, re-visioning a shared living space, a fundamental experience of community