NEWS ETC The Long Wait: 16 years on, only 50% claims settled under the Forest Rights Act On December 14, data tabled by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Rajya Sabha showed that at a national...
OUR ENVIRONMENT The Sounds of Silence in Matheran The eco-sensitive hill station in Maharashtra has no pucca roads and vehicles are a strict no-no. The only sound is...
What We Grow Cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes and spinach — Ladakhi farmers grow vegetables in sub-zero temperatures Over 800 farmers in Ladakh have set up solar greenhouses developed by the Defense Institute of High Altitude Research, which...
Livelihood A farmer in Barabanki switched to cultivating gladiolus flowers and has never looked back Anil Verma used to grow paddy and wheat in Barabanki but switched to cultivating gladiolus flowers twenty years ago. He...
Arts & Craft The Gond Warrior Queens, a Hill Fort and its Baoris Ginnorgarh, some 60 kms from Bhopal, was the stronghold of Gonds under Rani Kamlapati, which, after her demise, was occupied...
Health Madhya Pradesh: ‘Badlaav didis’ ensure accessible healthcare to rural women in Barwani A total of 168 women from 79 villages in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district have been roped in as voluntary agents...
Livelihood Training in cultivation and animal husbandry empowers Birhor tribal women in Jharkhand Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty...
Teacher Connection From rag picking to reading — a retd school teacher in Jammu is transforming young lives Kanchan Sharma, a retired government school teacher in Jammu, provides free primary education to rag-picker children at her school Sangharsh...
Arts & Craft Reviving the Kashmiri Craft of Namda Making Namdas, the coarse, sheep-wool floor rugs can be found in almost every Kashmiri household. But, Namda weavers are on a...
Livelihood A non-profit helps displaced Baiga adivasis from the Kanha National Park, find stability Displaced from their forest homes inside the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, tribal inhabitants struggled for years to find...
