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The Nadru Harvesters of Kashmir
The Nadru Harvesters of Kashmir

By Gaon Connection

Nadru, or lotus stem, is a quintessential part of Kashmiri cuisine. The seeds are sown just once, and harvest is enjoyed for years. The harvesting season is between September and March when farmers spend all day on their boats, eating, praying and gathering the nadru from Dal Lake, Anchar Lake and Manasbal Lake.

Nadru, or lotus stem, is a quintessential part of Kashmiri cuisine. The seeds are sown just once, and harvest is enjoyed for years. The harvesting season is between September and March when farmers spend all day on their boats, eating, praying and gathering the nadru from Dal Lake, Anchar Lake and Manasbal Lake.

The Nadru Harvesters of Kashmir
The Nadru Harvesters of Kashmir

By Ahsaan Ali

Nadru, or lotus stem, is a quintessential part of Kashmiri cuisine. The seeds are sown just once, and harvest is enjoyed for years. The harvesting season is between September and March when farmers spend all day on their boats, eating, praying and gathering the nadru from Dal Lake, Anchar Lake and Manasbal Lake.

Nadru, or lotus stem, is a quintessential part of Kashmiri cuisine. The seeds are sown just once, and harvest is enjoyed for years. The harvesting season is between September and March when farmers spend all day on their boats, eating, praying and gathering the nadru from Dal Lake, Anchar Lake and Manasbal Lake.

A year on, how useful has been India’s single-use plastic ban? Not much, finds out a study
A year on, how useful has been India’s single-use plastic ban? Not much, finds out a study

By गाँव कनेक्शन

The lowest compliance to the ban was recorded in Delhi (88 %), followed by Gwalior (84 %), Mumbai (71 %), and Guwahati (77 %). Bengaluru had the least usage of single-use plastics among the surveyed cities.

The lowest compliance to the ban was recorded in Delhi (88 %), followed by Gwalior (84 %), Mumbai (71 %), and Guwahati (77 %). Bengaluru had the least usage of single-use plastics among the surveyed cities.

Strawberry Brings Sweet Tidings to Bundelkhand Farmers
Strawberry Brings Sweet Tidings to Bundelkhand Farmers

By Gaon Connection

Strawberry farming is bringing profits to farmers in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. A number of farmers in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region have switched from their traditional crops of wheat and oilseeds to strawberries. They have the potential to earn Rs 600,000 an acre from the fruit.

Strawberry farming is bringing profits to farmers in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. A number of farmers in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region have switched from their traditional crops of wheat and oilseeds to strawberries. They have the potential to earn Rs 600,000 an acre from the fruit.

Strawberry Brings Sweet Tidings to Bundelkhand Farmers
Strawberry Brings Sweet Tidings to Bundelkhand Farmers

By Shivani Gupta

Strawberry farming is bringing profits to farmers in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. A number of farmers in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region have switched from their traditional crops of wheat and oilseeds to strawberries. They have the potential to earn Rs 600,000 an acre from the fruit.

Strawberry farming is bringing profits to farmers in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. A number of farmers in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region have switched from their traditional crops of wheat and oilseeds to strawberries. They have the potential to earn Rs 600,000 an acre from the fruit.

Bihar: A Mushrooming Success with Rural Women at its Centre
Bihar: A Mushrooming Success with Rural Women at its Centre

By Pawan Kumar

A chance encounter with a curry in Delhi led to Shashi Bhushan Tiwari setting up a mushroom cultivation enterprise in his village in Muzaffarpur that sells button mushrooms worth Rs 50 lakh per month, and provides employment to over 100 rural women.

A chance encounter with a curry in Delhi led to Shashi Bhushan Tiwari setting up a mushroom cultivation enterprise in his village in Muzaffarpur that sells button mushrooms worth Rs 50 lakh per month, and provides employment to over 100 rural women.

A library in a tribal village in Jharkhand keeps alive the memory of a Galwan Valley martyr
A library in a tribal village in Jharkhand keeps alive the memory of a Galwan Valley martyr

By Laraib Fatima Warsi

Veer Shaheed Ganesh Hansda Library in Bhandarshol village in East Singhbhum is encouraging tribal children to read and is helping them prepare for competitive exams.

Veer Shaheed Ganesh Hansda Library in Bhandarshol village in East Singhbhum is encouraging tribal children to read and is helping them prepare for competitive exams.

Watermelon cultivation and a women farmers' company script success in Bankura, West Bengal
Watermelon cultivation and a women farmers' company script success in Bankura, West Bengal

By Himadri Das

Traditionally, small and marginal farmers in Bankura district, West Bengal, have cultivated paddy and earned meagre returns. But the introduction of watermelon cultivation in the past two years and the setting up of a farmer producer company have changed their fortunes.

Traditionally, small and marginal farmers in Bankura district, West Bengal, have cultivated paddy and earned meagre returns. But the introduction of watermelon cultivation in the past two years and the setting up of a farmer producer company have changed their fortunes.

These kids were once beggars, drug addicts. Then their lives changed for good
These kids were once beggars, drug addicts. Then their lives changed for good

By Swati Subhedar

If you want to change something, why blame the system? Do it yourself. Allahabad-based Abhishek Shukla, 28, believes in this and has managed to change the lives of children living in slums by educating them

If you want to change something, why blame the system? Do it yourself. Allahabad-based Abhishek Shukla, 28, believes in this and has managed to change the lives of children living in slums by educating them

A loss of 34 million jobs by 2030 – that's the cost of rising heatwaves, with rural India the worst hit. A ground report
A loss of 34 million jobs by 2030 – that's the cost of rising heatwaves, with rural India the worst hit. A ground report

By Shivani Gupta

The unprecedented heatwaves that arrived early this year in the country have affected not just the health of daily wage labourers and farm workers, but has also had an impact on their economic well being. And this has a direct bearing on the GDP of the country as the rising temperatures are going to lead to a loss of working hours and productivity.

The unprecedented heatwaves that arrived early this year in the country have affected not just the health of daily wage labourers and farm workers, but has also had an impact on their economic well being. And this has a direct bearing on the GDP of the country as the rising temperatures are going to lead to a loss of working hours and productivity.

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