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Beyond Pattachitra and Talapatra Chitra, Here’s a Lesser Known Leaf Craft of Odisha
Weaving palm leaves together to make decoration pieces, and weaving traditional headgears with siali leaves are the ancient crafts of...

Sparrow boxes and a lesson in conservation
Archana Shukla, a biology teacher in a government school in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, teaches her students academics and the need...

Stubble and Sustainability
Wheat stubble left in the wake of harvesting in May, for instance, is being transformed into consumer goods and artefacts...
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