Tag: india
A Delicate Weave: folk singers from Western India celebrate diversity in the face of intolerance
Can folk music contribute to the generation of a climate of peace and tolerance, this article shows how exactly this is being done by some folk singers from western India.
Ghar Kunda: Experiencing a Ritual Age Old Yet Infused with Unlimited Ethnographic Wonder
Celebrations are infused with the flavours of a local culture, here is a photo essay on how Diwali is celebrated in a remote village of Jharkhand.
Worshipping Waghoba: Faith meets conservation in Maharashtra where humans and leopards share space
The Warli tribe, an indigenous community that lives in northwest Maharashtra, believes that the cat-god Waghoba will protect them from the negative impacts of sharing spaces with leopards.
Is NEET so NEAT ?
The article here is the author's unique take on the NEET exam and the hilarious yet paradoxical nature of such competitive exams.
It’s Time to Stand up for Saving Traditional Oilseeds or it may be too...
India is in a fortunate state of being home to many oilseeds. These include groundnut, mustard, sesame among others but what are we doing to preserve and promote them in agriculture?
The Prison of Gender Roles
What “it” has a greater hold on people’s imaginations or limits them more than ideas about what biological sex must mean, what I call...
Tigers return to Gadchiroli forests after 30 years, human-animal conflict spikes
Gadchiroli district has seen a sharp increase in tiger population in recent years sparking of with intensity, the animal-man conflict in this region.
Rice Biodiversity in India Faces a New and Serious Threat
The article looks at the challenges of rice biodiversity in India and what can be done to address the upcoming concerns around it.
Biding Adieu to Kamla Bhasin : A Feminist Visionary who Combined Kindness with a...
The passing away of feminist thinker-activist and poet Kamla Bhasin has left an unrepairable void in the domain of gender, her works will continue to be cherished.
Harnessing the unrealised potential of agroforestry in curbing climate change in India
Experts believe that increasing the area under agroforestry could also fulfil multiple Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
