Shanti Bikash Chakma

Jun 10, 2024 | villagesquare.in | Aarav Valrani |Sadaf Shabir |Fahim Mattoo |Shanti Bikash Chakma

In the verdant heartland of India, where agriculture paints the landscape with endless hues of green, lies a stark environmental paradox. The nation – a global agricultural powerhouse, particularly in paddy farming – grapples with the daunting challenge of balancing its monumental task of feeding billions against the escalating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In India, one of the significant contributors to GHG emissions is agriculture.

Jun 7, 2024 | villagesquare.in | Sadaf Shabir |Fahim Mattoo |Shanti Bikash Chakma |Unnati Sharma

On the banks of the Jhelum River, in a dilapidated room in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, an elderly man meticulously adjusts the tuning knobs of a recently made rabab to attain a perfect note. Initially emitting a high-pitched noise, the tone becomes smooth and melodic as he fine-tunes the knobs. In this room, Ghulam Muhammad Zaz fidgets with strings and pegs, breaking the silence that looms over the ancient mud walls and the debris littering the floor.

Jun 7, 2024 | villagesquare.in | Shanti Bikash Chakma |Unnati Sharma |Aditi Sahoo

It’s that time of year when everyone takes off from the heat and dust of the plains and heads to the mountains for a vacation. And while an Indian mountain holiday can bring respite from the scorching conditions in the cities, with more travellers heading to such locales, you could find large crowds clogging the narrow streets of your favourite hill station.

Jun 6, 2024 | villagesquare.in | Shanti Bikash Chakma

Hanna Debbarma, a community service provider of Bairagi Para, a tribal hamlet in Purba Chandpur village in Hezamara R D block of West Tripura district, has positively impacted the lives and livelihoods of many tribal households in her village, after she convinced them to adopt organic farming. Here’s her story in her own words. I grew up in Bairagi Para, in a financially challenged farming family belonging to a Tripuri tribal community.