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Himalaya: Six Decades of Photography by Deb Mukharji

Deb Mukharji

Khazans: Traditional Water Management System of Goa

George Jerry Jacob

Lac in Bastar: from Natural Collection to Cultivation

Arunpol Seal

Videos

In conversation with Deb Mukharji: Photographing the Himalaya

In Conversation with Xavier Rodrigues on the Khazans of Goa

The Landscape of Lac Production in Bastar: a conversation between Arunpol Seal and Basant Yadav, President, Sahabhagi Samaj Sevi Sanstha

The Spotted Mountain: Rock Paintings of Raigarh

Image Galleries

Green Revolution to Save the Girl Child: Eco-feminism in Piplantri

Ankita Jain

Deepti Asthana

Elastic Trees: Root Bridges of East Khasi Hills

Nilesh Kumar

Black Diamond: Open-Cast Coal Mining at Piparwar

Lopamudra Talukdar

Marvels of Mewar: The Lakes of Udaipur

Articles

Kong Posh: Beyond the Crimson Stigma

Meenakshi Vashisth

Meenakshi Vashisth and Sharmistha Dutta

Life Around Dal

Visual and Material Arts Histories Built Spaces Natural Environment

Saleem Beg

Paradise in Bloom

S Natesh

When Amrita Devi and 362 Bishnois sacrificed their lives for the Khejri tree

Histories People Natural Environment

Simran Agarwal

Five Museums for the Wildlife Enthusiast

Knowledge Traditions Built Spaces Natural Environment

B.N. Goswamy

Art N Soul: The Secret Life of Plants

Winter Winds: Of Saps, Resins and the Forests of Bastar

Arunpol Seal

Lac Rearers of Bastar: The Rearers, the Bugs and their Commodified Afterlife

Arunpol Seal

मुश्ताक खान

छत्तीसगढ़ में लाख उत्पादन

चित्रकोट: बस्तर का उभरता पर्यटन स्थल

Mushtak Khan

Dr Rajendra Singh

चित्रकोट जलप्रपात

रायगढ़ , छत्तीसगढ़ , के चित्रित शैलाश्रय/Painted Rock Shelters in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

प्रभात कुमार सिंह

कबरा पहाड़ का चित्रित शैलाश्रय/Painted Rock Shelter at Kabara Pahad

प्रभात कुमार सिंह

छत्तीसगढ़ के चित्रित शैलाश्रय/Painted Rock Shelters in Chhattisgarh

प्रभात कुमार सिंह

पत्तों से बर्तन बनाने की आदिम कला: दोना-पत्तल

Mushtak Khan

इमली- वैकल्पिक आय का साधन/ Tamarind: a source of livelihood

मुश्ताक खान

Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi

सरगुजा का मादक पेय-महुआ

टप-टप महुआ बरस रहा है: छत्तीसगढ़ में महुआ

Mushtak Khan

इन्द्रावती नदी: बस्तर की जीवनरेखा

डॉ. राजेन्द्र सिंह/ Dr Rajinder Singh

Out of the Forest: the products, People and their Markets in Uttar Bastar

Arunpol Seal

Beyond The Forest: The Adivasis, their Haats and the Incredible After-life of the Forests of Bastar

Anushka Rose

चावल मय छत्तीसगढ़ी पकवान/Chhattisgarhi Rice Dishes

Ashok Tiwari

Ashok Tiwari

चाँउर कथा/The Rice Story

बस्तर की धान्य संस्कृति/Paddy Culture in Bastar

Harihar Vaishnav

दैनिक जीवन में धान | Paddy culture in everyday life

हरिहर वैष्णव

Celebration of Labor: Agricultural Festivals of Hareli and Pola in Chhattisgarh

Vijeta

Celebration of Togetherness: An Account of Teeja and Ganesh Chaturthi in Dhamtari

Kritika Goel

Elephant Training in India

Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan

Different Methods of Elephant Capture in India

Dr N. Kalaivanan and Dr P.S. Easa

गंगा दशहरा- जल प्रतिष्ठा का मेला, The Water Ritual Festival of Ganga Dussehra

अजय कुमार चतुर्वेदी

Bishnoi Tiger Force (BTF): Expounding the Thar beyond Religion

Bobby Luthra Sinha

People Natural Environment

Saraswati Bishnoi

Khejri: A Wonder Tree of the Thar

Practices and Rituals People Natural Environment

Dr Syam K. Venugopal and Dr V. Sunil Kumar

Gajachikitsa: The Treatment of Elephants in Ancient and Modern Medicine

Traditional Water Systems of Delhi

Nitya Jacob

छत्तीसगढ़ के मेला-मड़ई, Mela- Madai : fairs of Chhattisgarh

राहुल कुमार सिंह

बस्तर के पारम्परिक आहार/ Natural food produce of Bastar

मुश्ताक खान

Elephants in Rituals and Festivals of Kerala

Prof. M. Madhavankutty

छत्तीसगढ़ में तालाबों का सांस्कृतिक औचित्य/ Cultural Significance of Lakes in Chhattisgarh

राहुल कुमार सिंह

Knowledge Traditions Practices and Rituals Natural Environment

Dr Ilse Köhler-Rollefson

Camel Cultures of India

Knowledge Traditions People Natural Environment

Lakshmi Swaminathan

Manifestations of Rain: Rituals and Communication with Non-human Entities in Kangra Valley

Ideas of Vegetation in the Art and Culture of the Thar

Malini Saigal

From the Ponds to the Markets: Aquarium Fish Traders and Hobbyists

Barnamala Roy

Practices and Rituals People Natural Environment

Dr. Supratim Chowdhury & Barnamala Roy

Status of Women in Ornamental Fish Farming

People Natural Environment

Sunit Kr. Das

Sundarbans: Last Mangrove Habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger

Flora and Fauna in the Thar Desert

Malini Saigal

Knowledge Traditions Practices and Rituals Natural Environment

Malini Saigal

The Plants of the Thar Desert

Knowledge Traditions Practices and Rituals Natural Environment

Rashmi Dutta Dey

Sundarbans and Conservation: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges

Photo Essay on Arna Jharna: The Desert Museum

Yashaswini Chandra

Knowledge Traditions Visual and Material Arts Performing Arts Practices and Rituals Institutions Built Spaces Natural Environment

Aneesha Ani Benedict

Small-scale Fisheries of Major Fishing Villages on Thiruvananthapuram Coast

People Natural Environment

Pradip Kumar Choudhury, Arindam Das and Tapobrata Sanyal

Application of Jute Geotextile in Civil Engineering, Agrihorticulture and Forestry

Histories Institutions Built Spaces Natural Environment

Rebecca M. Brown

Painting and Sculpture

Sarita Mehra

Role of Local Communities in Preserving Natural Heritage around Keoladeo National Park

Keoladeo National Park and its importance in relation to the Ciconiidae (Stork) family

Bharat Bhushan Sharma

Maldharis, the Silvipastoralists of the Banni Grasslands

Joystu Dutta

Evaluation of the Land Pattern of the Banni Grasslands using a Geoinformatics Approach

Abhinav Mehta & Nisarg Chaudhari

Manas National Park: Those Living in the Fringe Areas

Sayantani Chatterjee

Jimmy Borah

Manas Rendezvous

Birds of Manas National Park

Uddipana Kalita

After a Decade: A Study of the Terrestrial Birds Species in Keoladeo National Park

R. Venkitachalam

Yamuna Biodiversity Park as a site for Nature Education

Sameer Gautam

The Wetlands of Yamuna Biodiversity Park

Pranjal Jain & D.P. Srivastava

Sahapedia Frames

Green Revolution to Save the Girl Child: Eco-feminism in Piplantri

Ankita Jain

Deepti Asthana

Elastic Trees: Root Bridges of East Khasi Hills

Nilesh Kumar

Black Diamond: Open-Cast Coal Mining at Piparwar

Lopamudra Talukdar

Marvels of Mewar: The Lakes of Udaipur

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