3 episodes

Storytellers would travel from village to village, narrating stories on lives, livelihoods, cultures, values, knowledge systems, codes of conduct, divisions of labour, food systems, sociopolitics, and their relationships to their natural habitats. Somewhere along the way, this old practice started dying out, leaving precious local knowledge in the past. We bring stories from local and indigenous communities about the rich rural life. 

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    • Society & Culture

Storytellers would travel from village to village, narrating stories on lives, livelihoods, cultures, values, knowledge systems, codes of conduct, divisions of labour, food systems, sociopolitics, and their relationships to their natural habitats. Somewhere along the way, this old practice started dying out, leaving precious local knowledge in the past. We bring stories from local and indigenous communities about the rich rural life. 

    A loan, a dead end and a family

    A loan, a dead end and a family

    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 and what the future holds for his family.

    • 9 min
    Invisible - Women and the future of Millets

    Invisible - Women and the future of Millets

    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.

    Radio professional and sustainability enthusiast Shruti also reflects on the changing food culture of the country in this 33-minute capsule.

    • 33 min
    Neeruganti - The guardian of a life force

    Neeruganti - The guardian of a life force

    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 times of the Vijayanagara Empire (1336-1646), farming families have relied on this innovative irrigation system to cultivate myriad crops both for self-consumption and for selling in the market. 

    The waters from the tanks have breathed life into the ecosystems that sustain rural indigenous communities throughout the state, and the Neeruganti have been tending to this life force. Under their care, these tanks sustained the lives of all those connected to them.

    The tanks were once the centre of diverse rural ecologies, economies, and spirituality. As conductors of not only the labour that sustained tanks infrastructure, but the cultural practices that honour its deities, the Neeruganti wove the threads that formed the fabric of the local community.

    • 28 min

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