Guest Contributor

In Mother Earth, Sister Seed we travel along with the writer and hear stories from the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, the Bija Vidyapeeth in Uttarakhand and farms in Wayanad among a smorgasbord of other places, some well-known, some a new realization.

This group of schoolgirls make up the exemplary Green Police of Nagaon town who have, since 2016, taken the responsibility of environmental cleanliness and sustainability of the respective surroundings, upon their shoulders.

The hydrogel was found to absorb up to 800 ml water per gram and improved porosity, moisture absorption and retention capacity of the soil

In fact, the power of playgrounds is immense, and there is a definitive need to leverage them as effective tools for development for such children.

One teacher decided to take a stand and change the way maths was being taught in schools. Here is his enlightening discovery!

In the last three and half years, change agents like Mukhiya Sarita Devi have done exceptionally well in rural Jharkhand.

Stigma often goes hand-in-hand with discrimination or the social exclusion of individuals living with TB.

Psychology, especially educational psychology and personality psychology are now being well integrated to ensure that the children’s’/learners’ best potential comes out to the fore.

The Janani Suraksha Yojana scheme is one of the factors that has led to a reduction in newborn, and maternal mortalities. Nandana Sengupta dissects the reasons why!

Living in the quiet suburb of Rakkar, a few kilometres away from the touristy town of Dharamshala, 88-year-old Didi Contractor, received the Women Artists, Architects and Designers (WADe) Asia Life Time Achievement Award 2017.