बोली, भाषा और राजनीति

बोली, भाषा और राजनीति

आलेख बोली और भाषा की पहचान और उससे जुड़े सवालों पर चर्चा करता है। यह विलुप्त होती भाषा के साथ समाज के विलुप्त होने की चिंता व्यक्त करता है।

आदिवासी समाज में महुआ के पेड़ का महत्व

आदिवासी समाज में महुआ के पेड़ का महत्व

बस्तर के आदिवासी समाज के लिए महुआ का पेड़ विशेष महत्व रखता है। महुआ के मौसम में गाँव की गलियाँ खाली होती है। सभी परिवार के सदस्य व्यस्त रहते हैं। हिंदी में मोवरा, इंग्लिश में इंडियन बटर ट्री, संस्कृत में मधुका, गुड पुष्पा इत्यादि यह नाम है। महुआ को संस्कृत में 'मधूक'...

Let’s Look At The Cotton Fields Of Kushalgarh

Let’s Look At The Cotton Fields Of Kushalgarh

Kushalgarh, in south Rajasthan, is a humid plain area in terms of agro climatic zones of the state. Cotton is an important cash crop cultivated in this region. The other major crops grown in the area are wheat, maize and rice. Because of water scarcity, the community...

Tobacco Consumption In Rural Uttar Pradesh: Pain Reliever Or Addiction

According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India 2016–17, nearly 267 million adults (15 years of age and older) in India are users of tobacco. The consumption of both smoked and smokeless tobacco is trending across the country. The main focus of the blog will be to...

Bandhani – Of Livelihoods And Love

Bandhani – Of Livelihoods And Love

While working in Bhuj, Kutch, I have come across many women wearing bandhani prints. Whether in office or when I meet them outside, at their homes. After seeing it repeatedly for a few months, I got curious to know the process of how it is made. On one of the Sundays,...

Food Feed In Maheshwar

Food Feed In Maheshwar

Guilty! On an average, I spent an hour every day on instagram in the month of December. I saw people getting married, others attending their weddings, some people clubbing on the weekends and others goign off to scenic vacations. When I got sick of watching people I...

 हक्कुम

 हक्कुम

दक्षिण छत्तीसगढ़ के जंगल के बीच में बसा एक गाँव है। इस गाँव का नाम ‘जगरगुंडा’ है।  इस गाँव में लोग खेती और शिकार करके अपना जीवन यापन करते हैं।  गाँव वाले सब मिलकर शिकार करने जाते हैं।  उस गाँव में भीमा नाम का एक आदमी रहता था।  भीमा उस गाँव का...

सवाई माधोपुर से सरवन की कहानी

सवाई माधोपुर से सरवन की कहानी

सरवन बावरी बस्ती, सवाई माधोपुर, राजस्थान में निवास करता है। वह पहले कबाड़ा बीनने का काम करता था। जब भी रुपयों की आवश्यकता होती, कबाड़ा बीनकर, उसे बेचकर पैसे ले आता और ज़्यादातर रुपए शराब पीने में ही खर्च कर देता था। उसकी सारी कमाई ऐसे ही खर्च हो जाती थी और वह हमेशा...

Qala Aur Kaam: A Day In The Life Of A Street Tattoo Artist

Qala Aur Kaam: A Day In The Life Of A Street Tattoo Artist

Picture this : a four-way intersection connecting that connect the arteries of Cyberabad, the modern region of Hyderabad home to tech companies. Traffic zooms around the clock on the six- and eight-lane roads. Three flyovers snake through the sky. Another is under...

I Asked Authority Figures What Do They Think About Authority

I Asked Authority Figures What Do They Think About Authority

The following conversations are my attempt to explore the less spoken-about, low points in the journey of being a leader and a person seen as an authority figure. I’ve not written these conversations verbatim. There are five conversations in all, with no fixed...

Sketchy Notes From The Lanes Of Bhuj City

Sketchy Notes From The Lanes Of Bhuj City

The following blog has been co-written by co-fellows Daraab Saleem Abbasi and Sourav Roy, from India Fellow 2022 cohort. For a few months now we had been wondering what life in an odd town like Bhuj looks like, after lights out. The shops start shutting by 8 PM....

सुकमा की विलुप्त होती मौखिक भाषाएं  

सुकमा की विलुप्त होती मौखिक भाषाएं  

परिचय सुकमा छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य का एक ज़िला है।सुकमा ज़िला के पूर्व में उड़ीसा तथा दक्षिण में आंध्रप्रदेश है। सुकमा एक आदिवासी बाहुल्य ज़िला है । यहाँ आदिवासियों की आबादी लगभग 85% है। सुकमा में मुख्यरूप से गोंड, धुरवा, डोरला जनजातियां निवास करती है । यह...

Insurance And Inclusivity : How Far Have We Reached?

Insurance And Inclusivity : How Far Have We Reached?

Five years ago, an insurance agent came to my house to convince me to get life insurance. "I'm pretty healthy, nothing horrible is going to happen to me," I thought to myself. At that time, I did not understand how life insurance works. All I thought was if I need to...

Winters Of Bihar [A Poem]

Winters Of Bihar [A Poem]

Seasons are poetic by their very nature. They try to tell us something about what they do, what they bring, and what they take away. The shedding leaves remind me of emptying ourselves before blossoming into wholeness again. They speak of revival. This year's winter...

8 Things To Keep In Mind While Preparing For A Village Meeting

8 Things To Keep In Mind While Preparing For A Village Meeting

It's been almost 18 months since I started identifying myself as an India Fellow. It's been 18 exciting months of having to do something that I have never done before. And putting myself in roles that would have otherwise made me nervous. I can't help but look back at...