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क्या आपने कभी कुएं की शादी के बारे में सुना है, जिसका दूल्हा एक बरगद का पेड़ है!
क्या आपने कभी कुएं की शादी के बारे में सुना है, जिसका दूल्हा एक बरगद का पेड़ है!

By Shillpi A Singh

क्या आपने कभी किसी कुएं की शादी बरगद से होते हुए सुना है? बिहार और झारखंड में पूरा गांव मिलकर इस विवाह का आयोजन करता है और प्रकृति से आशीर्वाद प्राप्त करता है। इसके अलावा स्थानीय लोग मिलकर जल स्रोतों को भी साफ करते हैं।

क्या आपने कभी किसी कुएं की शादी बरगद से होते हुए सुना है? बिहार और झारखंड में पूरा गांव मिलकर इस विवाह का आयोजन करता है और प्रकृति से आशीर्वाद प्राप्त करता है। इसके अलावा स्थानीय लोग मिलकर जल स्रोतों को भी साफ करते हैं।

Village wells receding into people's memories. A major water crisis lies ahead?
Village wells receding into people's memories. A major water crisis lies ahead?

By Chandrakant Mishra

Many decades back, wells were not only chief source of drinking water and irrigation for people, they were also part of the villagers' culture and tradition. However, depleting underground water level seems to be changing all that and the climate change seems to be the biggest culprit

Many decades back, wells were not only chief source of drinking water and irrigation for people, they were also part of the villagers' culture and tradition. However, depleting underground water level seems to be changing all that and the climate change seems to be the biggest culprit

Bid goodbye to the winters with these sweet and sour Dogra recipes of Jammu
Bid goodbye to the winters with these sweet and sour Dogra recipes of Jammu

By Shikha Jamwal

Winter and spring in Dogra households in Jammu are incomplete without the smokey 'kimb' chaat. Kimb is a citrus fruit that is locally grown there. The sweet mitthe chol adds to celebrations in Dogra weddings and festivals.

Winter and spring in Dogra households in Jammu are incomplete without the smokey 'kimb' chaat. Kimb is a citrus fruit that is locally grown there. The sweet mitthe chol adds to celebrations in Dogra weddings and festivals.

Chiteri art of Bundelkhand gets a brush up
Chiteri art of Bundelkhand gets a brush up

By Shivani Gupta

Chiteri art, the traditional folk art of Bundelkhand, executed on the walls of homes where a wedding is to take place is struggling to survive. The Jhansi administration is trying hard to revive and promote the 16th Century art form.

Chiteri art, the traditional folk art of Bundelkhand, executed on the walls of homes where a wedding is to take place is struggling to survive. The Jhansi administration is trying hard to revive and promote the 16th Century art form.

Want to get your marriage registered? Shell out Rs 6,000!
Want to get your marriage registered? Shell out Rs 6,000!

By Ranvijay Singh

The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!

The registration of marriages in Uttar Pradesh was made mandatory from 2017. An online application process was launched for the purpose. Click on the site and it says: "This service has been temporarily withdrawn". When our reporter, a bachelor, visited the marriage registration office to get "his marriage registered", he was asked to shell out Rs 5,000!

Have sweet potatoes, reduce the risk of breast cancer by 24%
Have sweet potatoes, reduce the risk of breast cancer by 24%

By Deepak Acharya

Sweet potatoes are considered an extremely rich source of antioxidants and their skins have abundant beta carotene. The rose-coloured skin of sweet potato has cancer-fighting anthocyanins

Sweet potatoes are considered an extremely rich source of antioxidants and their skins have abundant beta carotene. The rose-coloured skin of sweet potato has cancer-fighting anthocyanins

Five deaths in ten days shake up a tribal hamlet in Satna; drinking water contaminated, say villagers
Five deaths in ten days shake up a tribal hamlet in Satna; drinking water contaminated, say villagers

By Sachin Tulsa tripathi

Five lives were lost in the tribal dominated Bhattan Tola village in Madhya Pradesh between August 11 and 23. Three of the dead are children. The hamlet, with 1,500 people, has only one dugwell for drinking water. Three hand pumps are dry.

Five lives were lost in the tribal dominated Bhattan Tola village in Madhya Pradesh between August 11 and 23. Three of the dead are children. The hamlet, with 1,500 people, has only one dugwell for drinking water. Three hand pumps are dry.

India’s First Elephant Hospital Completes Five Years
India’s First Elephant Hospital Completes Five Years

By गाँव कनेक्शन

The hospital, which is located in Mathura, has state-of-the-art equipment, including digital X-ray machines, dental X-ray machines, ultrasonography devices, and a dedicated indoor treatment enclosure for longer medical procedures.

The hospital, which is located in Mathura, has state-of-the-art equipment, including digital X-ray machines, dental X-ray machines, ultrasonography devices, and a dedicated indoor treatment enclosure for longer medical procedures.

They don't wear blazers, but these women run their own ventures
They don't wear blazers, but these women run their own ventures

By Ranvijay Singh

Thousands of women are earning their own livelihood after joining self-help groups that are helping them to be self-sufficient and financially independent

Thousands of women are earning their own livelihood after joining self-help groups that are helping them to be self-sufficient and financially independent

Count Every Drop, Because Every Drop Counts!
Count Every Drop, Because Every Drop Counts!

By Chiranjit Guha

A participatory national campaign called Napo Jal, Bachao Kal was launched in 2020 to map and measure wells across the villages of India and to enhance the collective understanding of groundwater as a shared, common resource. This year, the aim is to map at least 50,000 wells across the country.

A participatory national campaign called Napo Jal, Bachao Kal was launched in 2020 to map and measure wells across the villages of India and to enhance the collective understanding of groundwater as a shared, common resource. This year, the aim is to map at least 50,000 wells across the country.

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