Strength in Diversity
‘Strength in Diversity’ (2018) is a 14-minute Garo/Khasi-language documentary by Chentei Lam Khiamniungan Naga, made as a part of Greenhub India’s Youth Fellowship and Video For Change.
Climate Stress
How did the Women of Champavat Lead a Silent Revolution of Saving the Forest (Van Saheli)
‘How did the Women of Champavat Lead a Silent Revolution of Saving the Forest (Van Saheli)’ (2025) is a 10-minute Hindi-language documentary by Down to Earth.
Farmers in a changing climate: Does gender matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India
‘Farmers in a changing climate: Does gender matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India’ (2010) by Yianna Lambrou and Sibyl Nelson for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations.
“I learned to clean fish from my mother. You have to be careful—the blade must not cut into the fish”
Despite its importance, cleaning fish remains one of the least visible forms of labour in the fisheries economy. Revathi Sunil and Rashmi Sridar document what a day’s work looks like for the women at the Rameshwaram Fish…
“Our elders say, if you never put an axe to a mahua tree, it won’t let a person go hungry”
—Kalabai Merawi, 45, Kannai village, Madhya Pradesh
When Faced With Water Scarcity, Local Millets and Beans are Hardier Than Peas
Farmers working with Kilmora, a social enterprise in Uttarakhand, tell Yashvi Shah how their harvest has halved over the last five decades, especially as sources of water dry up.
Picking and Eating Mahua Flowers in Jharkhand
What happens when an indigenous ingredient earns a largely notorious reputation due to archaic excise policies? How does one reintroduce it to modern diets, while preserving indigenous knowledge? We gather perspectives f…
Dried Fish: Going Beyond Smell
While India has a rich and diverse culture around cooking dried fish, it hasn’t been celebrated owing to its fraught histories, matters of identity, and smells. Shruti Tharayil writes on challenging old hierarchies of sm…