By Pushpendra Singh
In Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, a science teacher, in his bid to raise awareness on environment protection, has formed a group of students who survey their locality and make an assessment about the possible measures that can be taken to improve the local ecology. Details here.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, a science teacher, in his bid to raise awareness on environment protection, has formed a group of students who survey their locality and make an assessment about the possible measures that can be taken to improve the local ecology. Details here.
By Pankaja Srinivasan
It is the puthandu (Tamil new year), and the gorgeous white neem flowers are bountiful. Across many households in the south of India, the flowers are incorporated into special recipes. Not just because they taste good, but also because they bring home the message that life is beautiful like the neem tree, but it also brings with it bitterness, which is necessary for the good health of the body, mind and soul. Here’s a quick recipe of neem flower rasam.
It is the puthandu (Tamil new year), and the gorgeous white neem flowers are bountiful. Across many households in the south of India, the flowers are incorporated into special recipes. Not just because they taste good, but also because they bring home the message that life is beautiful like the neem tree, but it also brings with it bitterness, which is necessary for the good health of the body, mind and soul. Here’s a quick recipe of neem flower rasam.
By Ashis Senapati
Owing to the sheer abundance of its presence in Indian kitchens, the humble-looking bottle gourd is seldom taken seriously. However, the vegetable known for its bland gustatory appeal, is a vital source of livelihood for the tribal Tumba artists in Odisha. They make intricate decorative products by drying, carving and painting these vegetables.
Owing to the sheer abundance of its presence in Indian kitchens, the humble-looking bottle gourd is seldom taken seriously. However, the vegetable known for its bland gustatory appeal, is a vital source of livelihood for the tribal Tumba artists in Odisha. They make intricate decorative products by drying, carving and painting these vegetables.
By Nidhi Jamwal
Like our childhood, basant seems to belong to a bygone era. Now in just a couple of days the mercury jumps many degrees and the harsh Indian summer is upon us. From rajai and no-fan nights, we go straight into air conditioned rooms. And, more worryingly, the rising heat and disappearing spring is a direct threat to our granaries.
Like our childhood, basant seems to belong to a bygone era. Now in just a couple of days the mercury jumps many degrees and the harsh Indian summer is upon us. From rajai and no-fan nights, we go straight into air conditioned rooms. And, more worryingly, the rising heat and disappearing spring is a direct threat to our granaries.
By Ramesh Pandey
Trees which have willingly or unwillingly migrated to a foreign land, across the seas, several thousands of miles away from their home have a different vocabulary from the one back home, likely stemming from their isolation, grief, happiness, destitute, loneliness, friendships, or adoptions.
Trees which have willingly or unwillingly migrated to a foreign land, across the seas, several thousands of miles away from their home have a different vocabulary from the one back home, likely stemming from their isolation, grief, happiness, destitute, loneliness, friendships, or adoptions.
By Pavan Kumar Maurya
Government school children in Varanasi district prepare to welcome the G20 delegates to their district with models they have made with discarded scraps. The students of Kharavan English School have made a flower pot holder in the shape of a cycle which is 5.5 feet long, 3.5 feet high and weighs 42 kgs.
Government school children in Varanasi district prepare to welcome the G20 delegates to their district with models they have made with discarded scraps. The students of Kharavan English School have made a flower pot holder in the shape of a cycle which is 5.5 feet long, 3.5 feet high and weighs 42 kgs.
By Manoj Choudhary
A group of rural women from Jharkhand run their catering business cooking tribal delicacies such as simjeel peetha, marhva laddu, hav chatni and rokoj to popularise their healthy cuisine and earn a living.
A group of rural women from Jharkhand run their catering business cooking tribal delicacies such as simjeel peetha, marhva laddu, hav chatni and rokoj to popularise their healthy cuisine and earn a living.
By Pankaja Srinivasan
Something of the idyllic setting of their village in the hills of Manipur reflects in the shiny black pottery that is entirely handmade without a potter's wheel, that sisters Presley and Pamshangphi Ngasainao have brought to sell at a Crafts Council Exhibition in Coimbatore.
Something of the idyllic setting of their village in the hills of Manipur reflects in the shiny black pottery that is entirely handmade without a potter's wheel, that sisters Presley and Pamshangphi Ngasainao have brought to sell at a Crafts Council Exhibition in Coimbatore.
By Ashis Senapati
Kamala Moharana is part of a women self-help group in a small village in Kendrapara district in Odisha that skillfully converts discarded milk pouches, cigarette packets, gutkha wrapper into beautiful craft. This gives them a livelihood and cleans up the surroundings of their village too.
Kamala Moharana is part of a women self-help group in a small village in Kendrapara district in Odisha that skillfully converts discarded milk pouches, cigarette packets, gutkha wrapper into beautiful craft. This gives them a livelihood and cleans up the surroundings of their village too.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
From Chhattisgarh’s 75-day long Dussehra celebrations to Dashain in Sikkim, communities across the country celebrate Dussehra with different traditions and rituals. Here’s looking at some of them.
From Chhattisgarh’s 75-day long Dussehra celebrations to Dashain in Sikkim, communities across the country celebrate Dussehra with different traditions and rituals. Here’s looking at some of them.