By Pushpendra Vaidya
By Ashis Senapati
Thanks to a jewellery-making training capsule organised in Rayagada, a tribal dominated district in Odisha, 150 Kondh and Saura tribe women make necklaces, cuff bracelets, earrings, rings, hairpins, waistbands and bangles out of bamboo and are earning up to Rs 25,000 a month.
Thanks to a jewellery-making training capsule organised in Rayagada, a tribal dominated district in Odisha, 150 Kondh and Saura tribe women make necklaces, cuff bracelets, earrings, rings, hairpins, waistbands and bangles out of bamboo and are earning up to Rs 25,000 a month.
By Ramji Mishra
उत्तर प्रदेश के एक छोटे से गांव में एक स्वयं सहायता समूह से जुड़ी 20 महिलाएं अपने घरों में रहकर काम करके पर्यावरण के अनुकूल बांस और खस से पुआल, टोकरी और चप्पल जैसे उत्पाद बना रही हैं और अपने परिवार में आय लाने का एक जरिया बन रही हैं।
उत्तर प्रदेश के एक छोटे से गांव में एक स्वयं सहायता समूह से जुड़ी 20 महिलाएं अपने घरों में रहकर काम करके पर्यावरण के अनुकूल बांस और खस से पुआल, टोकरी और चप्पल जैसे उत्पाद बना रही हैं और अपने परिवार में आय लाने का एक जरिया बन रही हैं।
By Brijendra Dubey
उत्तर प्रदेश के मिर्जापुर में वन विभाग आदिवासी महिलाओं के दस्तकारी के हुनर को तराश रहा है। स्थानीय स्तर पर मौजूद बांस का उपयोग कर इन महिलाओं की आमदनी को बढ़ाने के प्रयास हो रहे हैं। इस काम में असम की एक डिजाइन कंसल्टेंट की मदद भी ली जा रही है। कुछ पुरुष भी इस फ्री ट्रेनिंग में शामिल हुए और अब वे बांस से ज्वेलरी, राखी, चटाई, शोपीस, फूलदान जैसी चीजें बना रहे हैं।
उत्तर प्रदेश के मिर्जापुर में वन विभाग आदिवासी महिलाओं के दस्तकारी के हुनर को तराश रहा है। स्थानीय स्तर पर मौजूद बांस का उपयोग कर इन महिलाओं की आमदनी को बढ़ाने के प्रयास हो रहे हैं। इस काम में असम की एक डिजाइन कंसल्टेंट की मदद भी ली जा रही है। कुछ पुरुष भी इस फ्री ट्रेनिंग में शामिल हुए और अब वे बांस से ज्वेलरी, राखी, चटाई, शोपीस, फूलदान जैसी चीजें बना रहे हैं।
By Sumit Yadav
For the last 150 years, Unnao district has been marking its Dussehra festival six days after the actual date. The delayed celebration is a practical measure undertaken by the denizens of Unnao to avoid their festival being eclipsed by the two neighbouring cities of Lucknow and Kanpur. Details here.
For the last 150 years, Unnao district has been marking its Dussehra festival six days after the actual date. The delayed celebration is a practical measure undertaken by the denizens of Unnao to avoid their festival being eclipsed by the two neighbouring cities of Lucknow and Kanpur. Details here.
By Ashis Senapati
The 10-day long Bali Jatra is considered an integral part of the socio-cultural identity of the eastern state. It also provides an opportunity to the artisans of the state to promote their traditional crafts.
The 10-day long Bali Jatra is considered an integral part of the socio-cultural identity of the eastern state. It also provides an opportunity to the artisans of the state to promote their traditional crafts.
By Pooja Yadav
For generations, the Basor community in Madhya Pradesh, which is associated with working with baans (bamboo), has been making the effigies of Ravana which are burnt on Dussehra.
For generations, the Basor community in Madhya Pradesh, which is associated with working with baans (bamboo), has been making the effigies of Ravana which are burnt on Dussehra.
By Gurvinder Singh
The traditional khal, a tribal bamboo flute from West Bengal, signifies celebration and pain, and has traditionally been essential to weddings, festivities and funerals in West Bengal’s ancient Rabha culture.
The traditional khal, a tribal bamboo flute from West Bengal, signifies celebration and pain, and has traditionally been essential to weddings, festivities and funerals in West Bengal’s ancient Rabha culture.
By Sachin Tulsa tripathi
With the advent of modern farming techniques, advanced equipment and heavy machinery is making inroads in rural India. However, a renowned farmer in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna is doing everything in his capacity to maintain and thrive his museum of obsolete farm tools which are now hard to find in the country's rural hinterland. The museum is a sanctuary to 250 such tools made of metal, wood, bamboo, stone and leather. Details here.
With the advent of modern farming techniques, advanced equipment and heavy machinery is making inroads in rural India. However, a renowned farmer in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna is doing everything in his capacity to maintain and thrive his museum of obsolete farm tools which are now hard to find in the country's rural hinterland. The museum is a sanctuary to 250 such tools made of metal, wood, bamboo, stone and leather. Details here.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
For the first time, a few teams that participated in the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, have used cricket bats crafted in Kashmir from the willows that grow there.
For the first time, a few teams that participated in the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, have used cricket bats crafted in Kashmir from the willows that grow there.