होली से पहले उपवास, पहाड़ से लाए गए पत्थरों के रंग और ढोलक-नगाड़ों की थाप, महाराष्ट्र के भील आदिवासियों का होली नृत्य सिर्फ़ उत्सव नहीं, एक जीवित परंपरा है। नंदूरबार के कलाकार गौतम खर्डे और उनकी मंडली इस लोककला को गाँव से राष्ट्रीय मंच तक पहुँचा रहे हैं।

His is a story of dream, hope, grit, sacrifice and triumph. The hardships that he faced in accessing education in his childhood were so deeply etched in his psyche that Dr Shiv Balak Misra, a noted geologist, gave up his comfortable job in Canada and returned to his village in Uttar Pradesh to set up a school that has been providing education to rural children for the past 50 years.

The farmers’ agitation, demanding compensation for the losses they faced during the recent floods, has shifted venue to the Nai Mandi at Ambala, 12 kilometres from the Shambhu Barrier on the Haryana-Punjab border where many of them were detained and their tractors impounded.

The farmers’ agitation, demanding compensation for the losses they faced during the recent floods, has shifted venue to the Nai Mandi at Ambala, 12 kilometres from the Shambhu Barrier on the Haryana-Punjab border where many of them were detained and their tractors impounded.

Compared to last year, between October 1 and November 5, the incidents of farm fires have reduced by 47.8% in Punjab and 38.04% in Haryana. However, wind movement towards Delhi has resulted in the deterioration of air quality which is presently marked in the hazardous category.

State, caste, religion and creed are swept clean when disaster strikes. Volunteers from Punjab rush medicines, fresh water and food to help farmers across the border in Haryana where several villages remain inundated after the recent floods.

Vengeful snakes, snakes that drink milk, cobras with a gemstone in their hoods… There is no dearth of myths associated with snakes in a country that reports about 58,000 snakebite deaths each year. Experts bust some myths in an interview with Gaon Connection.