NEWS ETC Accused out on bail for 8 years; tareekh-pe-tareekh for the minor victims’ family in Budaun gangrape-murder case What happens after the last reporter goes away? In a series titled ‘Twice Cursed’, Gaon Connection revisits the families of...
Livelihood Post-harvest cold storage unit puts smiles back on the faces of farmers in Odisha Local cooling companies are leveraging a mobile app called Coldtivate coupled with the servitisation business model to help small and...
OUR ENVIRONMENT Forests thrive in tribal areas. And that isn’t just coincidence. Adivasi communities may be unlettered but they have ancient wisdom and traditional knowledge that can put development pundits to shame....
OUR ENVIRONMENT ‘Rozgaar Kendras’ promote rural entrepreneurs in UP’s Aligarh From mentoring rural entrepreneurs to facilitating linkages and aiding them with technical training, the enterprise facilitation centres (EFC) or the...
‘The banyan tree, where water cannons were used to disperse rioters, became the venue for the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra’ Rajasthan Kabir Yatra, India’s longest travelling folk music festival, is underway from October 2-8. This ‘pilgrimage’ is co-hosted by Rajasthan...
Livelihood The Lotus Farmers of Hooghly Bainchi village is the hub of lotus farming in West Bengal due to the presence of several water bodies. Farmers...
Music & Dance A Journey With Kabir: Bhakti music enthrals ‘pilgrims’ of the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra India’s longest travelling folk music festival features performers and singers from different communities who come together and celebrate the oral...
NEWS ETC Despite ‘above average’ monsoon, 195 districts in India reel under insufficient rainfall As per the India Meteorological Department, between June 1 and September 30 which marks the monsoon season, there was six...
Festivals Festive season, craft fairs help Odisha’s Kendara singers to find their lost ground Two years after finding it unsustainable to pursue their traditional singing, about 150 Kendara singers in Odisha are now back...
NEWS ETC Two years after the Hathras gangrape and killing, a family is transformed unrecognisably and forever What happens after the last reporter goes away? In a series titled ‘Twice Cursed’, Gaon Connection revisits the families of...
