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Gender Stereotypes

Gender stereotypes impacting the family at the micro level https://youtu.be/Pj8KtTWvKKg?si=YUzH0R_hP3ZDDT5U Each family has a treasure trove of stories about family members, acquaintances, or surroundings. These are not merely stories but are like the deeds of the bygone era. They capture the changes in the social fabric, social structure, social norms and value systems transformation in the larger socio-political and socio-economic contexts and frameworks. Generally, these chronicles are passed on particularly, through the grandparents. However, over time nuclear families became a norm where grandparents hardly get the opportunities to spend leisure time with their grandkids. Consequently, the family anecdotes and chronologies are getting evanesced. Our 77-year-old grandma describes here how a century ago a widow, even if she was a mere

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Socio ecological process for sustainable Development

The world is struggling to find the answers on how to develop social processes that would positively impact upon the ecological processes. It requires an approach to develop synergy for conservation and sustainable livelihood of the people.  An International Conference is being organised by IBRAD (Indian Institute of Bio Social Research and Development) to share the experiences from different parts of the World and facilitate the discourse of the debate. 

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Biodiversity Conservation

Biodiversity conservation to ensure food security: The role of Indigenous seed keepers

Biodiversity and food security  goes hand in hand. The indigenous communities are conserving the abode of biodiversity resources through time immemorial. While the recent study states that one million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction these remotely placed, so called “illiterate” and “primitive”  indigenous communities world wide are still preserving the hosts of genetic diversity and landraces. The traditional knowledge and cultural practices of these communities revolve around the principles of sustainable use of the natural resources, recycling of resources, sustainable production and consumption.   Baiga community of Ghogra and Bhurbhuspani villages under Kabirdham district, Chhattisgarh are one such Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in India who are conserving the rich biodiversity of their area, both agro and

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Participatory Development

Learning to unlearn: The key for participatory development

Studies across the world highlight the limitation of the top down approach to development. There are hundreds of examples that show how a program or project that is designed with all the good intentions fail if the people for whom it is meant are not integrated as the partner. To change our perspective to involve the people right from the planning to implementation and monitoring of any development program requires changing our mindset first. It is of foremost importance how we develop ourselves to become ready to unlearn, shade our rigidity and biases for the sake of becoming open to listen to the people with empathy and become sensitive to understand their needs, aspirations, issues, challenges and suggestions. The fixed

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Changing or transforming? How do we define the changing pathways of a city landscape

Gone are the days when “Calcutta” used to be a shining jewel in the crown. Along the with the British rule, Calcutta grew as one of the vibrant cities of the region. And the “Babus” of Kolkata got the opportunity to emerge as the cultural elites having the opportunities and exposures to the neo western education system. Huge palatial buildings started filling up the City Landscapes soon during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The North and Central part of Calcutta typically housed the rich and cultured elites. But with the passage of time the families have changed their characters. The joint families are replaced with the nuclear ones. The buildings have become prey to number of litigations among the inheritors.

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