The community identified the forces that spun their old vicious cycle and determined what to change to start a more virtuous one.

Would we acknowledge that the costs of a mutton biryani, that we are tempted to order occasionally, are too high?

Herds provided post-harvest manure for the fields with their dung and urine. The farmers gave the pastoralists bajra, sugar and tea.

Both were the earliest harbingers of the planetary ecological crisis, the latter warning of its imminence in multiple literary genres

A diversified Gandhian village economy attempting to train Dalit women and women from other marginalised castes in new remunerative skills

The tribe’s resilience is based on an intellectual heritage—one taught not in writing but in oral lore, manual skills, and naturalist knowledge.

A neighbourhood forest, explains Anasuyamma, spreads across 12-16 hectares (ha) and usually grows timber, fruits and medicinal plants.

इससे महिलाएं आत्मनिर्भर हुई हैं, उनके परिवार की आर्थिक स्थिति मजबूत हुई है, बच्चों की शिक्षा बेहतर हुई है।

Regenerating forests, rejuvenating soils, recharging groundwater, and reviving human spirits, all go hand in hand!