Reportage|Positive Stories A library for rice with grains from the past An Assamese farmer, Mahan Chandra Borah, has set up northeast India’s first seed library in Jorhat, called Annapoorna, to revive...
Arts & Craft Mud houses are vanishing; Mandana art adorning its walls will too, if not preserved Mandana art form, passed on from mothers to daughters unlike other art forms, is now practiced only by a few....
Positive Stories To beat the lockdown blues, traditional artisans of Kachchh in Gujarat go online The business of world famous Ajrakh artisans of Gujarat is badly hurt due to the lockdown. They are now taking...
My Rural Connection A veteran artist is using traditional Phad paintings to raise awareness on COVID-19 in Rajasthan A visual treat to anyone who lays his/her eyes on it, Phad is a form of scroll painting which has,...
Reportage As Cyclone Amphan batters parts of West Bengal, villagers in Bhadrak in Odisha have a déjà vu Last year, Odisha’s Bhadrak was the worst-hit when Cyclone Fani hit the state. Six months later, Cyclone Bulbul left its...
