By Shivani Gupta
In parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bhai Dooj festival is celebrated a day after Holi. It is known as Holi Bhai Dooj. There are several folktales attached to this festival. Here is one such story of Satana and her seven brothers.
In parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bhai Dooj festival is celebrated a day after Holi. It is known as Holi Bhai Dooj. There are several folktales attached to this festival. Here is one such story of Satana and her seven brothers.
By Manoj Choudhary
Led by Bhanuvati Devi, women in Nandpura village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan got all the six liquor shops in their village shut. Since October 2019, the village has been alcohol-shop-free. The families there now have more money to spend on the education and health of their children.
Led by Bhanuvati Devi, women in Nandpura village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan got all the six liquor shops in their village shut. Since October 2019, the village has been alcohol-shop-free. The families there now have more money to spend on the education and health of their children.
By Mithilesh Dhar
By Neelesh Misra
As Gaon Connection launches a book documenting the success stories of teachers from India’s rural hinterland, its founder pays a tribute to the community of educators. He writes about his tryst with the teaching fraternity.
As Gaon Connection launches a book documenting the success stories of teachers from India’s rural hinterland, its founder pays a tribute to the community of educators. He writes about his tryst with the teaching fraternity.
By Urvat Il Wuska
While once they worked as labourers, villagers in Doodhpathri in Budgam now cook and sell food to tired and hungry tourists who stop by at their stalls to sample traditional Kashmiri cuisine.
While once they worked as labourers, villagers in Doodhpathri in Budgam now cook and sell food to tired and hungry tourists who stop by at their stalls to sample traditional Kashmiri cuisine.
By Manoj Choudhary
Tribal men in East Singhbhum district make an annual pilgrimage into the Dalma forests to gather forest produce. Their women practise temporary 'widowhood' and pray to Singhbhonga, their deity. Sendra, say villagers, is a way of sharing knowledge of forest produce and rare herbs with their younger generation.
Tribal men in East Singhbhum district make an annual pilgrimage into the Dalma forests to gather forest produce. Their women practise temporary 'widowhood' and pray to Singhbhonga, their deity. Sendra, say villagers, is a way of sharing knowledge of forest produce and rare herbs with their younger generation.
By Gaon Connection
Tribal women from 12 villages of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, revive the traditional and nutritious dhenki-pounded red rice. The 20 self-help groups of these women together produce over 780 quintals of red rice a year, which is exported to states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Tribal women from 12 villages of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, revive the traditional and nutritious dhenki-pounded red rice. The 20 self-help groups of these women together produce over 780 quintals of red rice a year, which is exported to states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
By Niroj Ranjan Misra
Tribal women from 12 villages of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, revive the traditional and nutritious dhenki-pounded red rice. The 20 self-help groups of these women together produce over 780 quintals of red rice a year, which is exported to states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Tribal women from 12 villages of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, revive the traditional and nutritious dhenki-pounded red rice. The 20 self-help groups of these women together produce over 780 quintals of red rice a year, which is exported to states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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Timely intervention by way of mechanisation and updated equipment help farmers and fishers up their yield and income in Satara, Maharashtra.
Timely intervention by way of mechanisation and updated equipment help farmers and fishers up their yield and income in Satara, Maharashtra.
By Dewesh Pandey
Amidst the bustle and crowds of the holy city of Banaras, the Mumukshu Bhawan and the Mukti Bhawan offer comfort, solace and dignity to people who come there to die.
Amidst the bustle and crowds of the holy city of Banaras, the Mumukshu Bhawan and the Mukti Bhawan offer comfort, solace and dignity to people who come there to die.