English Padma Shri Babulal Dahiya’s museum is a treasure trove of indigenous farming tools With the advent of modern farming techniques, advanced equipment and heavy machinery is making inroads in rural India. However, a...
English Sakat Chauth: Water chestnut is an integral part of celebrations in MP’s Baghelkhand Sakat Chauth is a festival celebrated in northern India. In Madhya Pradesh’s Baghelkhand, singhara or water chestnut is a vital...
English Baghelkhand’s unique tradition of Mount Govardhan and Janjuiya Devi Puja The forms of Govardhan and Janjuiya Devi are made with cow dung and worshipped in the hilly region of Baghelkhand...
English From miniatures to life-sized idols, govt employee carves Ganesha statues 365 days a year What began as a hobby to address an existential crisis in 2005 has now matured as an artistic skill for...
English Five deaths in ten days shake up a tribal hamlet in Satna; drinking water contaminated, say villagers Five lives were lost in the tribal dominated Bhattan Tola village in Madhya Pradesh between August 11 and 23. Three...
English Trapped in debt, melon farmers in Satna take on double the risk After torrential rains last year ruined any prospect of profits for the musk melon cultivators in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, and...
Gaon Connection Special होली पर गांवों में आज भी बजती है ‘नगड़िया’, ग्रामीण छेड़ते हैं फाग का राग मध्य प्रदेश के बघेलखंड में होली नजदीक आते ही डुग…डुग… की आवाज गांवों के गली-कूचों में सुनाई देने लगती है।...
English Phag and nagadiya add colour to the Holi festival in Baghelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh In many rural pockets of Madhya Pradesh, the days before Holi are filled with the beats of the nagadiya and...
English Three women firewood gatherers of Satna in MP strike out on their own to do something more profitable For years they gathered and sold firewood to earn a pittance, but then the three women from Barha Mawan village...
बदलता इंडिया लकड़ी बीनने वाली महिलाओं की ‘पहाड़’ सी जिंदगी ने ली करवट, गुलजार हुई ‘मेहनत की बगिया’ ये तीन बेहद आम महिलाओं की कहानी है, जिन्होंने कोई बड़ा मुकाम तो हासिल नहीं किया है, लेकिन अपनी जरुरतों,...
