Reportage
Neelesh Misra’s Slow signs MoU with Bastar district to promote tribal culture and heritage
As part of its endeavours to directly connect the rural creators with urban customers, ‘Slow’ has signed two MoUs with Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district. Apart from facilitating the sales of products like handicrafts, which will improve the livelihood of the tribal inhabitants, the agreement also involves showcasing tourist attractions to promote tribal heritage in the region.
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Lucknow Kisan Mahapanchayat: A message to Prime Minister Modi from Samyukta Kisan Morcha
Repealing the farm laws is not enough, there are more loose ends to be tied up, says Samyukta Kisan Union to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an open letter sent to him on November 21. What are some of the other demands of the protesting farmers’ unions? Details here.
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The whisper of the world-famous Banka silk from Bihar is being silenced
The musical clatter of the handlooms that signalled the making of the beautiful tussar silk may be heard no more as the future of the traditional weavers of Banka hangs by a tenuous thread. Powerlooms, and now the pandemic, have sounded the death knell for these bunkars.
Nidhi Jamwal
‘Sharaab cheez hi aisi hai, na chhodi jaaye’: Neelesh Misra pens a powerful poem on alcohol abuse — WATCH
Meri Pyaari Zindagi, the collaborative campaign of Gaon Connection and World Health Organization South East Asia, against alcohol abuse brings a hard hitting poem composed and narrated by Neelesh Misra, on the insidiousness of alcohol and its devastating impact on lives.
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Explained: Controversial farm laws and the procedure to repeal them
More than a year after the three controversial farm bills got President Ram Nath Kovind’s assent and became a law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced yesterday that these legislations shall now be repealed. What were the three laws about and what will now be the constitutional procedure to repeal them? Details here.
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Pushkar’s camel fair is back after a two-year hiatus, but the response to it is lacklustre
Their animals are no longer drawing in the crowds, say camel herders. Shrinking number of camels, mechanisation and a stringent law that prevents them from selling the animals outside the state is taking a toll on their only source of income, they say.
Tabeenah Anjum
Jubilant mood at Singhu border but farmers want repeal of farm laws stamped, sealed and delivered
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on November 19, said that the three contentious agri laws would be repealed. Gaon Connection visited the Singhu Border, one of the sites at Delhi’s border where farmers have been protesting since November 26 last year, to gauge the mood after the announcement. Here’s what the farmers said.
Sarah Khan
No vaccination, no rations: Madhya Pradesh ‘boosts’ vaccination campaign?
The Madhya Pradesh government decides to provide ration to beneficiaries only if they have been inoculated with both doses of the COVID 19 vaccine. Food rights experts believe this is denying the poor their rights. The order will be implemented in the new year.
Shivani Gupta
World Toilet Day: ‘Livelihood a bigger concern for sanitation workers than personal safety’
A WaterAid report on the plight of India’s marginalised sanitation workers during the COVID19 pandemic reveals that earning a living to support their families is far bigger a worry for them as compared to their personal protection. The report found that about four out of 10 sanitation workers in India faced challenges in meeting their daily needs due to loss of income during the pandemic. Details here.
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Laadli Media Awards 2021 announced: Gaon Connection’s reportage on women empowerment bags 3 awards
Three stories published in Gaon Connection have bagged the Laadli Awards for a sensitive reporting on issues encompassing gender divide and women empowerment. Details here.