The Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation and People's Archive of Rural India invite proposals for the MMF-PARI fellowships 2023-24. Number of fellowships: Four Grant amount: Rs. 2 Lakh per fellowship Focus: Arts and Crafts from rural India Duration: One Year Deadline for application: July 31, 2023 Special Focus for 2023-24: Stories from Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand. Eligibility: Indian citizens who currently live and work in India...
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Are we listening to the lessons taught in the first year of Covid-19? -Ashish Kothari
-The Indian Express The pandemic revealed the precarious state of India’s informal sector. Localised production, trade and markets offer a better alternative to existing paradigm of development. Another wave of COVID, another round of lockdowns, another long journey back home for migrant workers. If there is one lesson we are learning after a year of COVID-19, it is that we have not learnt any lessons, at least not the crucial ones. 2020 exposed...
More »Crisis looming in handloom sector -T Lakshmi Vaidehi and Abhiman Das
-The Hindu Business Line If the industry does not leverage technology and digital platforms, the fortunes of the weavers would only worsen Handlooms in India have a rich cultural heritage and are renowned the world over for their Craftsmanship since ancient times. While the cultural significance of handlooms has been on the wane in recent times, they have not yet lost their special charm in the textile market, much like how a...
More »A unique online event during August 9-10, 2020 to celebrate the diverse cultural traditions and heritage of India's indigenous people
-Press released by Lok Samvad Sansthan (Jaipur), Rupayan Sansthan (Jodhpur) and All India Media Conference (AIMC), dated August 2nd, 2020 Jaipur: A two-day virtual streaming of infotainment educational event for ‘Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India’ will be held through a webinar during August 9-10, 2020 from the desert museum of Arna Jharna, Jodhpur. Please click here to register yourself for the webinar/ event. On the occasion...
More »Sustaining India: Is There Anything to Choose Between BJP and Congress? -Ashish Kothari
-TheWire.in A look at how the country’s political heavyweights deal with environmental issues and livelihoods in their poll manifestos Twin crises beset India today: serious unemployment and the loss of livelihoods, along with the collapse of the ecological basis on which we all survive. Any political party that does not deal with these is not serious about the country’s future. So how well do the country’s political heavyweights, the Congress and the BJP,...
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