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The old weaving skills of Banka district, Bihar, are vanishing due to low returns, poor state support and cheaper imports. Only a few families in Katoria village still weave. This film features some of them

Tussar: the crumbling cocoon

Shreya Katyayini
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Katoria

Make in India – with bamboos and leaves

P. Sainath
Ganjam, Kandhamal
Rath Yatra

Friends

P. Sainath
Narayanpatna
A Brokpa preparing for a journey to Chander village, around 12 kilometres from Lagam.

Brokpa: ‘The jungle is our mother'

Ritayan Mukherjee
Tawang

Losing its sheen: the liquid gold of Ballikita

Shreya Katyayini
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Ballikita
Pet owl story

The Murmus do give two hoots

Shreya Katyayini
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Banka
Tribal women of Bihar singing and dancing. Men playing the drums

The song of Sohrai

Shreya Katyayini
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Chichirya
When Jayamma spotted the leopard

When Jayamma spotted the leopard

Jayamma Belliah
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Ananjihundi
Woman, migrant fish worker dragging caught fish

The migrant fish workers of Dongarpada

Shreya Katyayini
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Madh Island
Karma Rinchen (a Changpa) is herding the pashmina goat. 'Changpa' is a tribe found in the high altitudes of Ladakh

The Changpas who make cashmere

Ritayan Mukherjee
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Hanle
An idol of Ma Durga being readied

Journey through Kumartuli

Sinchita Maji
Text Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Kumartuli
The ridge gourd peels are long and slim, absorbing flavours easily. For the turoi, or ridge gourd, she uses the vegetable and its peel separately to make two different dishes

Peeling away traditional Rajasthani cooking

Sweta Daga
Editor : Sharmila Joshi
Udaipur
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