Society, Culture, Religion and History
Supporting social businesses from rural India
Posted on 11 Nov, 2022 12:08 AMNSRCEL- the innovation and entrepreneurship hub of IIM Bangalore, has signed an MoU with Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru (YSBFB), the pioneers in social business financing and scaling.
Promoting the use of Bheel language in emerging social media spaces
Posted on 30 Aug, 2022 06:53 PMThe United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, to “draw global attention to the critical situation of many indigenous languages and t
Access to resources eludes tribals
Posted on 18 Feb, 2022 11:02 AMMadhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population of the country, and 21% of its population is comprised of Scheduled Tribes (STs) as per Census 2011. The state has 46 recognised Scheduled Tribes, spread across the 52 districts in the state. Of this, three are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG).
Grassroots implementation of Halma
Posted on 15 Feb, 2022 08:37 PMJhabua, a tribal-dominated district with more than 85 percent population belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST), is an agrarian district. Water security is, thus, a crucial element for its agriculture-based livelihood economy.
Revival of a tribal practice for water resource development
Posted on 15 Feb, 2022 09:00 AMThere are over 705 ethnic groups, which are recognized as Scheduled Tribes in India (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2020). These groups have their own unique Gods, beliefs, rituals, practices, and social systems.
Water management in the times of Gonds of Central India
Posted on 13 Jan, 2022 03:07 PMThe Gonds, ruled Central India for nearly 350 years since the mid-fourteenth century,. The principal states of the Gonds were Garha-Mandla, Devgarh, Kherla and Chanda. The Garha-Mandla dynasty is best known in history.
Declining fertility rate and population in India
Posted on 03 Jan, 2022 11:17 PMThe second phase of data collected by the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) for 2019-21 was released on November 24, 2021.
The fast disappearing traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 06:00 PMIt has been four years since Anupam Mishra Ji, the stalwart environmentalist who had worked his entire life promoting the water harvesting techniques of Rajasthan, left. In his book, Anupam Ji extensively talks about how the water tankas (structures) were historically valued by the communities and were maintained regularly and governed through community participation.
Not in the interest of women farmers!
Posted on 07 Dec, 2020 11:52 PMThree farm-related Bills were recently passed in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which have subsequently received presidential assent.
Embankments in Bihar: The inapt and futile defence against floods
Posted on 19 Oct, 2020 06:05 PMWhat is the history of floods in Bihar and why is it prone to floods?