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Reimagining Cities
Imagining a future where every city and its citizens claim a deep connection with its surroundings, history, knowledge systems and the commons.
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Kolkata Has The World’s First Tram Library
Passes by 30 educational institutions; book launches, book reading sessions and literature festivals are on the cards
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The Peoples’ Biodiversity Register, meant to empower local communities, is leaving them out
"The preparation of PBRs by consultants defeats the whole purpose of having this register. Local people are central...”
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Worshipping the Pangolin-god – conservation by a unique village in coastal Maharashtra
The Pangolin is a threatened animal and deserves the legal status that provides it with equal protection as the Tiger
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कोकणातील डुगवे : खवले मांजरांना देवाचे स्थान देऊन संवर्धन करणारे जगातील पहिले गाव (in Marathi)
मानवी हस्तक्षेपामुळे त्यांचा अधिवास धोक्यात आला असल्याने वन्यजीव संरक्षण कायद्यानुसार त्याला वाघाइतकेच संरक्षण आहे
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आदिवासियों की सब्जी बाड़ी (in Hindi)
यहां जैविक ढंग से सब्जी बाड़ी की खेती जा रही है। इससे ताजी हरी फल्लीदार सब्जियां, कंद व मसाले और औषधियुक्त पौधे मिलते हैं।
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Friend of the Small Ruminants
A total of 160 families have enrolled themselves for the formal system of livestock services provided by her.
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A Room with Many Views
The idea that we can deploy uniquely Indian alternative responses to global issues is a fascinating one. It created the non-aligned movement.
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The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India
The tribe’s resilience is based on an intellectual heritage—one taught not in writing but in oral lore, manual skills, and naturalist knowledge.