Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents
Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

Community forest resource rights under the Forest Rights Act helped Rahu and Payvihir villages earn money. Banking on this income, they helped villagers financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Rahu, 175 homes received Rs 10,000 each and 20 villagers got interest-free loans in Payvihir.

Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents
Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

Community forest resource rights under the Forest Rights Act helped Rahu and Payvihir villages earn money. Banking on this income, they helped villagers financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Rahu, 175 homes received Rs 10,000 each and 20 villagers got interest-free loans in Payvihir.

Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents
Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

Community forest resource rights under the Forest Rights Act helped Rahu and Payvihir villages earn money. Banking on this income, they helped villagers financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Rahu, 175 homes received Rs 10,000 each and 20 villagers got interest-free loans in Payvihir.

Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents
Jungle Book: While others were financially crippled during the pandemic, two forest villages in Melghat, Maharashtra, offered cash and interest-free loans to its residents

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

Community forest resource rights under the Forest Rights Act helped Rahu and Payvihir villages earn money. Banking on this income, they helped villagers financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Rahu, 175 homes received Rs 10,000 each and 20 villagers got interest-free loans in Payvihir.

A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition
A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

The 13-day Madhushravani festival that has its roots in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar, speaks of co-existence and instills love for Nature, and has been documented in a book by Madhubani artist Manisha Jha.

A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition
A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

The 13-day Madhushravani festival that has its roots in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar, speaks of co-existence and instills love for Nature, and has been documented in a book by Madhubani artist Manisha Jha.

A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition
A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

The 13-day Madhushravani festival that has its roots in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar, speaks of co-existence and instills love for Nature, and has been documented in a book by Madhubani artist Manisha Jha.

A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition
A monsoon festival of new brides, laughter, snake goddesses, and rituals that fuse ecology and tradition

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Shailaja Tripathi

The 13-day Madhushravani festival that has its roots in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar, speaks of co-existence and instills love for Nature, and has been documented in a book by Madhubani artist Manisha Jha.

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