Arts & Craft Molela, Kaavad, and Phad — Rajasthan’s traditional art forms get a makeover Art imitates life and so it is with the traditional Molela, Kaavad and Phad paintings of Rajasthan that are struggling...
OUR ENVIRONMENT Plastic Wastes — Rural India’s Trash Bomb Plastic waste generation is on the rise in the country but there is no separate data on the quantity of...
Arts & Craft The Ger of the Nomads of Mongolia A Ger is a dwelling of the nomads of Mongolia, which has retained its design for centuries. The Ger is...
Changemakers 36% of the world’s rabies deaths happen in India. A Kashmiri doctor is trying to change that. Rabies is a 100% preventable though not curable disease. Qazi Mudasir, a veterinary doctor at the Central Veterinary Hospital Srinagar,...
English Regulating the use of lead in Ayurvedic formulations India has the highest market share for Ayurvedic products, accounting for roughly 80 per cent of the global sales. Heavy...
Arts & Craft The betelnut handicraft of Rewa A single family has been the custodian of a unique craft from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, that requires them to carve...
OUR ENTERTAINMENT The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Sri Lanka Sri Dalada Maligawa, or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, at Kandy in Sri Lanka is a temple revered...
What We Grow Black Rice Matters in Chandauli In 2018, paddy cultivation in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh took a new turn, when black rice grains were first...
OUR ENVIRONMENT The Sinking Feeling in Joshimath Joshimath in Uttarakhand has both religious and tourist significance. But several villages in the area are slowly subsiding, say the...
Livelihood The Banana Fibre Weavers of Anegundi A rural development society in the ancient village of Anegundi, Karnataka, uses locally sourced banana crop waste to make baskets,...
