On the Mat: Though UNESCO has declared West Bengal’s Shital Pati cane craft as intangible heritage, its practitioners struggle for survival December 21, 2020 In 2017, Shital Pati from Cooch Behar was named an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’, and Ghughumari, Barokodali and Nakkati-Pushnadanga villages identified...
Following outrage, Madhya Pradesh govt rolls back order regarding cultivation of miller-specified paddy varieties December 20, 2020 Four days after a Gaon Connection report drew focus to a controversial order, the state government went back on its...
Death by Debt: 86% farming households in Punjab under debt; over 16,606 farmers died by suicide between 2000-2015 December 19, 2020 Unable to repay loans, every year, more than 1,100 farmers in Punjab, mostly small and marginal tillers, have been taking...
Sprouts of sadness: In the long wait before paddy procurement centres in UP, paddy sprouts, turns black and rots December 18, 2020 The Uttar Pradesh government has set a target of procuring 55 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. Despite putting in place...
Give me red: Indigenous red rice is fast making a comeback in the fields of Himachal Pradesh December 18, 2020 The government hopes to increase the area under cultivation of rice red varieties to 4,000 hectares in Himachal Pradesh. After...
Affront to dignity: Dalit women still carry human excreta for wheat, roti and pickles in UP December 17, 2020 A provision of Rs 12,300 crore has been made for ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ in the general budget of 2020-21. An...
No clues to the death of the mysterious ‘Hiran’ December 17, 2020 A detective struggles to find out who killed the ‘Hiran’ and how. There were no clues and the carcass was...
Mustard honey, millet cookies, molten jaggery and memories galore — that’s what Slow Products promises December 16, 2020 At a time when the world is whizzing past with short-cuts, Neelesh Misra’s new venture Slow Products Pvt Ltd follows...
Battle for MSP: Punjab and Haryana’s farmers fear their robust mandi system will collapse December 15, 2020 The central government procured 375.72 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, nearly 54% of it from Punjab and nearly 15% from...
A bird’s eye view of Jhuni, and other stories December 15, 2020 In a remote village of Uttrakhand, a school teacher hears some fantastic stories about the birds and ruffles some feathers.
On the Mat: Though UNESCO has declared West Bengal’s Shital Pati cane craft as intangible heritage, its practitioners struggle for survival December 21, 2020 In 2017, Shital Pati from Cooch Behar was named an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’, and Ghughumari, Barokodali and Nakkati-Pushnadanga villages identified...
Following outrage, Madhya Pradesh govt rolls back order regarding cultivation of miller-specified paddy varieties December 20, 2020 Four days after a Gaon Connection report drew focus to a controversial order, the state government went back on its...
Death by Debt: 86% farming households in Punjab under debt; over 16,606 farmers died by suicide between 2000-2015 December 19, 2020 Unable to repay loans, every year, more than 1,100 farmers in Punjab, mostly small and marginal tillers, have been taking...
Sprouts of sadness: In the long wait before paddy procurement centres in UP, paddy sprouts, turns black and rots December 18, 2020 The Uttar Pradesh government has set a target of procuring 55 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. Despite putting in place...
Give me red: Indigenous red rice is fast making a comeback in the fields of Himachal Pradesh December 18, 2020 The government hopes to increase the area under cultivation of rice red varieties to 4,000 hectares in Himachal Pradesh. After...
Affront to dignity: Dalit women still carry human excreta for wheat, roti and pickles in UP December 17, 2020 A provision of Rs 12,300 crore has been made for ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ in the general budget of 2020-21. An...
No clues to the death of the mysterious ‘Hiran’ December 17, 2020 A detective struggles to find out who killed the ‘Hiran’ and how. There were no clues and the carcass was...
Mustard honey, millet cookies, molten jaggery and memories galore — that’s what Slow Products promises December 16, 2020 At a time when the world is whizzing past with short-cuts, Neelesh Misra’s new venture Slow Products Pvt Ltd follows...
Battle for MSP: Punjab and Haryana’s farmers fear their robust mandi system will collapse December 15, 2020 The central government procured 375.72 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, nearly 54% of it from Punjab and nearly 15% from...
A bird’s eye view of Jhuni, and other stories December 15, 2020 In a remote village of Uttrakhand, a school teacher hears some fantastic stories about the birds and ruffles some feathers.