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Vedanthangal – Protecting our Future

Children and youth protest against the denotification of Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary by making art

Young Farmers in Ladakh: The Future of Our Food

Growing ranks of youngsters are returning to Ladakh to contribute to a new form of progress.

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

Handmade collective goes online

... to help farmers, weavers, spinners and dyers, who are all part of the cotton value chain and were affected by the pandemic

Understanding ‘Bait’: Stories from the Alpine Pastures of Jammu and Kashmir

The popularity of Bait (बैत) (traditional music) is significant due to the presence and visibility of Gojri language in public spaces.

Women Revive Traditional Water Sources in Uttarakhand

"... after pipelines got damaged in the 2013 floods, people started visiting these traditional sources of water once again,”

People of the Blue Mountains

"It's their mainstream, what we call alternatives"

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...”

In the pursuit of ‘Khushaal Zindagi’- Journey of villagers from being Beneficiary to Researcher

The discussion on the imagination of ‘Khushaal zindagi’ (Good Life) brought different age and sex groups to talk to each other.