Ankita Bose The mild chill descended on the morning of 16th February, 2024, when I, along with a few members of the Jaladarsha Collective, started out for the ‘Roots and Rights: Indigenous Seed Festival’, to be held at Gobindokathi & Patghora Netaji Maidan at Jogeshganj in Hingalganj block of Sunderbans in the North 24Continue reading "A Tale of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope: Notes from the Seed Festival at Sundarbans"
‘চক্ষু-চড়কগাছ’!
'চক্ষু-চড়কগাছ'! ~ শাশ্বত লাহিড়ী বাংলার একটি অতিপ্রাচীন প্রবাদ।কোনো ঘটনায় বিস্মিত মানুষের চোখ-কপালে ওঠানো ভঙ্গী বোঝাতে বাংলায় যা যুগযুগান্ত ধরে চলে আসছে। আজ চৈত্র-সংক্রান্তি, চড়কপূজা। লোকমুখে 'শিবের-গাজন' বলে পরিচিত। এই পূজার সাথে তথাকথিত ব্রাহ্মণ্যবাদের চেয়েও বাংলার লোকাচার জড়িত থাকায় এতে সরাসরিভাবে সব স্তরের মানুষের অংশগ্রহণ অনেক বেশি চোখে পড়ে। পুরাণ অনুসারে, শিবের উপাসক 'বাণ রাজা' আজকেরContinue reading "‘চক্ষু-চড়কগাছ’!"
Mangrove Restoration lessons for and from Sinthilya village, North 24 Parganas
Mangrove Restoration lessons for and from Sinthilya village, North 24 Parganas // Radhika Bhargava, PHD scholar, Singapore university for Jaladarsha Collective.
Non Biodegradable Polyvinyl debris accumulating in the Sundarbans
The need of the hour is to repurpose and reassign our thoughts to save the land from further degradation.Chaiti Nath Since the Amphan had hit along with the raging pandemic, and the very recent Yash cyclone, the Sundarbans have been receiving a considerable amount of assistance from various quarters. The ongoing donation drives, and healthContinue reading "Non Biodegradable Polyvinyl debris accumulating in the Sundarbans"
Young Rural Women’s Leadership Building Programme
JULY 1ST 2021 - 10 Selected Participants. Image Courtesy: Somnath Hore, Oil on Canvas, 1950 Jaladarsha Collective has started a 4-month long programme to build Legal, Gender Empowerment perspective, Aftercare & Mental well-being strategies Entrepreneurship, and Collective Leadership capabilities for 10 young women in rural Bengal. The YRWLB programme will cover a weekly training sessionContinue reading "Young Rural Women’s Leadership Building Programme"
The Aroma Exercise
The Surprises in the Aroma ExerciseSayantoni Dutta We got a short time between the first and second wave of COVID lockdowns to physically visit communities and interact with the women’s groups being formed by our young leaders Sarifa and Roshenara in the village. The idea of bringing these groups together was to create supportive communities,Continue reading "The Aroma Exercise"
Daharkanda
Sanghamitra Mukherjee is a core team member of Jaladarsha Collective. She opens up with issues around a few days visit to Daharkhanda village in West Bengal.
Session on Women’s Rights and Muslim Personal Law
Jaladarsha Collective initiated a session on Women's Rights and Muslim Personal Law conducted by Sabir Ahmed at Swarupdah Gram Panchayat on 1st February 2021.
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