Living in harmony with nature: Reflections on Warli and Madhubani traditions by artist Sandhya Arvind – Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar

HARSHINI VAKKALANKA, The Hindu, November 4, 2013 | Read the full article here >> It is as though a piece of their world has been brought onto the walls, mounted onto wooden boards to be taken away to the homes of people whose lives are so vastly different from those in the Warli and Madhubani regions of … Read more

JAGWAR Santal Literary Meet 2015 (14-15 February) focusing on “individual and collective memories of loss”: Johar HRD Centre, Dumka – Jharkhand

“Memory is a tricky thing: it picks and chooses what to preserve and what to discard. Sometimes it is the trivial that triggers the process of remembering a great loss.” – Temsula Ao, These Hills Called Home       Concept Note Last year, Jagwar-1: Santal Literary Meet 2013 had been held with the objective of bringing … Read more

Grass mat products for eco-friendly, organic consumers worldwide: Tribal handicrafts from East Singhbhum accessible through TRIFED – West Bengal

Antara Bose, The Telegraph, Kolkata, Monday , May 14 , 2012 Grass mat weavers in Janumdih village, East Singhbhum district’s Potka block, will soon see their products selling in retail stores of countries whose names they may not have even heard about. The village, 60km from Jamshedpur, has as many as 80 women and three men … Read more

Video | Spreading awareness of microcredit through shadow play and live music in a very remote tribal area (Video Volunteers) – Andhra Pradesh

Tip: the end of this video is not to be missed for its humorous approach to a serious issue!

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They know that they want to learn: 700 girl students invoked the legacy of Gandhi … and won their right to education – Rajasthan

JOSEPH RENY & NIKHIL DEY,  SUNDAY MAGAZINE, The Hindu, November 1, 2014 | Read the full story here >> How 700 students of a government school in Rajasthan invoked the legacy of Gandhi on October 2 and won their right to education. On Teachers’ Day (September 5), the Prime Minister of India decided to be the ‘teacher … Read more