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Bamboo Based Cyclone Shelters Offer Safe Haven to Communities in The Sundarbans
Sundarbans, the world’s largest active delta, shared between India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh, is notorious for cyclones that hit its low-lying islands every now and then. As sea levels rise due...
Laraib Fatima Warsi 31 Dec 2023 9:42 AM GMT
Don’t Miss These Two Free-To-Download Books Released in 2023 by Gaon Connection
This year, Gaon Connection, in its relentless efforts to amplify the voices of the rural Indians, came up with two books which were themed on rural education, and climate change. Both the books are...
गाँव कनेक्शन 30 Dec 2023 12:59 PM GMT
Decentralised Midday Meal Kitchens Offer Fresh Food To Students & Livelihood Support To Women in Odisha
Khordha, Odisha Manu Naik sat quietly among a group of seven women in a classroom of Kushavadra Government High School in Bhakarsahi village. These women are a part of a self-help group (SHG) and...
Nidhi Jamwal 30 Dec 2023 9:22 AM GMT
Want To Give Back To Your Alma Mater? Odisha’s Mo School Abhiyan Shows How It Can Be Done
Puri, OdishaRabi Narayan Sahoo has walked and run across the high-ceiling corridors of Puri Zila School umpteen number of times. He passed out of the school nearly 40 years ago. But with time, his...
Nidhi Jamwal 29 Dec 2023 12:48 PM GMT
The Light Bulb Moment That Made Me A Birder
Coimbatore, Tamil NaduThe light bulb came on in 2011. I was reading about the Vedapatti water body in Coimbatore, and suddenly had a desire to visit the place. I had not felt this way before in the...
Sai Vivek 29 Dec 2023 5:47 AM GMT
A Chakma Youth Is Preserving His Tribe’s Healing Practices and Its Indigenous Language
Jamshedpur, JharkhandChandra Kumar Chakma is amongst a few traditional healers left in Tripura’s Chakma tribe. The 28-year-old who lives in Gayinama village in Dhalai district is on a mission to...
Pratyaksh Srivastava 28 Dec 2023 8:07 AM GMT
Kashmiri Kangri Is Losing Its Warmth
Okey (Kulgam), J&KThe kangris are an integral part of Kashmiri winters and an entire village, Okey in Kulgam district in South Kashmir gets busy making the kangris (fire pots), traditionally used...
Mudassir Kuloo 28 Dec 2023 6:50 AM GMT
Fodder Plantations & Mechanised Fleecing of Wool Help Sheep Herders in Rajasthan Earn Better Profits
Kayam Deen had almost decided to sell his flock of 40 sheep as they were not bringing him any money. From Jodhpur in Rajasthan, the 40-year-old comes from a long line of nomadic pastoralists. But,...
Laraib Fatima Warsi 27 Dec 2023 1:16 PM GMT
Winters Are Incomplete Without Birdwatching!
Everyone recognizes a parrot, right? And a crow? And that they are very different? How do we recognize them? Let's see. A parrot is bright green — a crow is black.A parrot has a bright red, curved...
Chachi Chiriya 27 Dec 2023 6:31 AM GMT
No Ordinary Bird: The Story of Vadla
Christmas is back. It’s time to decorate trees, bake cookies, look forward to gifts, drink hot chocolate with marshmallows in it, visit the grandparents, or even travel and welcome in 2024. But, do...
Anusha Passi 26 Dec 2023 9:21 AM GMT