Mr. Raju's narrative emphasises the lack of mainstream education that investigates the local community, its traditions, history, culture, and food sources. The setting is frequently portrayed as impersonal and aloof, with only books and a few p

A loan, a dead end and a family

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Aashna Shrivastava tells us the story of the Wahane family from Ridhora, Maharashtra. Kejiram Wahane took the drastic step when he was unable to repay a bank loan taken for farming.Leeldhar Wahane explains why his brother ran out of options an

A loan, a dead end and a family

29 days ago 9m 22s

Invisible - Women and the future of Millets

May 13th, 2024 33m 51s

The podcast delves into the millets ecosystem in India as it gains popularity among urban consumers, and how this has rejuvenated income opportunities for the growing communities, many of which comprise marginal communities, especially women.

Neeruganti - The guardian of a life force

May 13th, 2024 28m 27s

For centuries, adivasi and other local communities throughout Karnataka sustained the ancient human-made tanks and the channels that connect them. These tank systems nourished the region’s agriculture and transformed its landscape. Since the ti

The complexities of farmers' suicides in India

Sep 27th, 2023 18m 12s

This podcast discusses the complexities of farmers' suicides in India. Surprisingly, these suicides are more prevalent in wealthier states like Maharashtra and Kerala than in the poorer states. Also, the underlying reasons vary across states. F

Inequalities in domestic labour migration in India

Sep 24th, 2023 12m 33s

The Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown resulted in an unprecedented migrant worker crisis in India. What caused this crisis? Why could we not foresee this fallout of lockdown? In this podcast, Chetan Choithani discusses the various inequalities

Inequality in India: A Conversation

May 31st, 2023 50m 10s

In this podcast, Prof. Narendar Pani and Dr. Anant Kamath talk about inequality in contemporary India, exchanging thoughts, evidence, insights, and debates over why inequality matters, what it does, how it is viewed, and how it is experienced.

Neeruganti - The guardian of a life force

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The man who takes care of the lake

May 30th, 2021 21m 50s

I'm Venkatappa from Tholapalli, a village in Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. My profession is that of a “Neeruganti” (A lake manager). Ever since lakes have been built, our ancestors were responsible for the lakes and this professions has been hand

A forest at the edge of town

Apr 12th, 2021 35m 16s

“We are emotionally attached to this forest and for the past 25 years we are protecting this forest like our own farm.” According to Mr. Raju, almost 750 litres of water originate from a hectare of Shola every second and if the 10,000 hectares

Farmers of Tumkur

Feb 27th, 2021 17m 30s

Farmers’ story is just this, if it rains we can harvest else nothing, we face drought, the farmer has to do something to survive. We are not able to cover basic farming costs, manure, labour, tractor hiring, the costs are too high. With all of

Mining and the Red River

Feb 13th, 2021 5m 55s

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has been mining in Chirya, Manoharpur, Jharkhand for several years, and as a result, the natural resources have been contaminated, one of them is the river Hamsagandha. After the Gram Panchayat of Chiriya complai

Leeladhar and his brother

Feb 9th, 2021 9m 23s

This is a story about the family perspective of what makes a farmer take a drastic step of committing suicide. The frustrations of farming, lack of solutions. Katol is not too cold or arid, it is a good farming weather but is still facing a sit

Doctor in the Forests

Feb 8th, 2021 5m 15s

Govind Hamram is a 60-year-old Santhal farmer and healer. He takes us on a journey through his world of hodopathy, on how he finds the herbs, the process of making the cures and how it is different from other treatments. And does it take commun

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