3 days ago1 minShallow-DeepSaid shallow to deep, ‘How can you be generous when you have so little?’ Said deep to shallow, ‘I have enough. I am quite content.’ ‘How...
May 98 minPortraits in Hell The elders had been convinced by a series of mysterious deaths in the village that showering was a fatal affair. “We’ve lost twenty odd...
Apr 266 minHuman Loneliness, the Predatory Nature of Surveillance Capitalism, and the Prophetic Powers of ArtI had just returned from a trip to Cubbon Park with a close friend of over ten years. We were meeting for the first time after the third...
Apr 205 minApproach to Architecture in India: In Search of the Modern VernacularAs an architect in India, having spent half a decade learning about the importance of 'context' (and the multitudes of it present in...
Apr 1818 minInterview: Vandana ShivaVandana Shiva has been a prominent figure in global environmental activism for decades. She is an outspoken critic of corporate...
Apr 182 minVikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence)Vikalp Sangam asks a vital question: are there other ways of living that do not involve causing ecological devastation and widespread...
Apr 181 minFarm2Food FoundationFounded in 2011, the Farm2Food foundation is an educational non-profit that works in over 446 government schools in Assam. The foundation...
Apr 182 minBeejotsav Beejotsav was set up in 2013. The movement seeks to connect agro-ecological farmers and producers with consumers in a bid to cut out any...
Apr 182 minShramik SammaanThe Shramik Sammaan (Dignity of Labour) project was setup by Bilal Khan, Anil Hebbar and Lara Jesani. The idea was inspired by the plight...
Apr 181 minWINS (Women’s Initiatives)WINS is active in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Here, they collaborate with over 1000 Dalit agricultural workers and...
Apr 181 minREDS (Rural Environment and Development Society)REDS is a non-profit NGO active in Ananthapuramu in Andhra Pradesh. It is active across 58 villages, and its work focuses primarily on...
Apr 181 minWorking Group for Women Land Ownership (WGWLO)The WGWLO has been working since 2002 with the goal of promoting the land rights of women in Gujarat. The organisation is actually a...
Apr 1810 minThe Farmer Protests: The Story of a National CrisisThe past few years have witnessed a litany of contentious legislations introduced by the BJP government that not only fomented discord in...
Apr 135 minLessons from the Farmers’ Protest: Mutual Aid, Decentralisation and Direct DemocracyThe farmers of India won a historic battle against the government and forced it to repeal the three pro-capitalist farm laws which...
Apr 1310 minInterview: Jens Lerche and Alpa ShahJens Lerche is Reader in Labour and Agrarian Studies at SOAS, University of London. He is a specialist on caste oppression, rural and...