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24 May

Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura

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Birds, bridges and beautiful memoryscapes: Shodhaytra in Tripura-II For a long stretch, while walking in Gondacherra region, Dholai district of the state, we did not hear the songs of the birds nor...

birds, chakma, handloom, riang, shodhyatra, tripura, weaver 1 Comment

27 April

Anatomy of farmers suicide: Need for recasting agriculture policy

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Every time there is a tragedy, the parliament discusses the issue and then business resumes as usual. I hope things will change this time. Not because in the presence of thousands of people, a farmer...

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18 April

saving in-situ and ex -situ genetic diversity from war and climate stresses

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How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War http://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank-civil-war/?mbid=nl_041715 for those who may not know, it is useful to also recall Cambodian war and how Pol Pot, the dictator had banned cultivation of local varieties...

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12 June

un-course on ways of knowing, feeling and doing

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un-courtseUn-course on ways of knowing, feeling, doing In view of huge response to the course, I have to try to ensure they those who might contribute more in the discussions are selected. I m mentioning a...

Redirecting development: Some Lessons from 33rd Shodhyatra

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Redirecting development: Some Lessons from 33rd Shodhyatra Walking through the villages in Mahendragadh district, Haryana was very reassuring in certain aspects and bewildering in other. We did not come across even a single malnourished child...

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17 May

Time for change: an avalanche of expectations

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Time for change: an avalanche of expectations Never before so many people expected so much of change in such a little time. The election has given a clear verdict in favour of decisiveness, democracy and development....

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21 April

sristi: what does it stand for

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SRISTI SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions www.sristi.org), which means creation, was born in 1993, essentially to support the activities of the Honey Bee Network to recognize, respect and reward creativity...

My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values).

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My manifesto: not that it matters………… vyakti ( individual), vichar ( idea), vyavahar ( practice) and sanskar (embedded values). The Dissent lies at the heart of democracy: great leaders are judged by the extent to which...

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15 March

agenda for new government ( if it really cares For the Gospel of Dirty Hand–a la K A Munshi ):

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Ten policies that must change soon: Agenda for new government – part 1 With different parties vying for voters support, it is paradoxical that the debate on policies is so feeble or confusing. There is not...

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03 November

milk as prevention of viral diseases like TMV, HIV andTthe Economists says so, so trust it at least now. article in honey bee in 1992 was not good enough

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when we published articles on milk as a means of controlling viral disease, Indian scientists as usual ignored the evidence, now that The Economist has published news about mother’s milk being effective in hiv prevention, hopefully...

animal, diseases, hiv prevention, human, indigenous knowledge, innovation, innovations at grassroots, learning from below, milk as viral control, mother's milk, people knowledge, plant., The economist 1 Comment

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