Are Rural Kitchens, Safe Spaces for mothers and their young Children?
Step into a rural kitchen at dawn or at dusk: the flicker of an open fire, the steady rhythm of a mother’s pestle grinding millet, the curious giggle of a…
Are Rural Kitchens Safe Spaces in India?
Structural Perils and the Burden on Women Earthy mud floors with a sense of sweet food fragrances, walls or rather structures made of natural materials like bamboo and kud (a…
Cooking as an Intergenerational Burden on Young Girls – Are rural kitchens safe spaces in India?
Girls...our treasures.. image captured by Rhea Gupte in Bundlekhand during SCF training programme Cooking in rural India is a responsibility primarily assigned to young girls, passed down from mothers, reinforcing…
Raan Bhaji Mahotsav – Wild foods festival of Palghar
August 2024 August 3rd was an extremely wet Saturday in many parts of Maharashtra and we found ourselves on our current ‘Ground Zero’ – Dablipada of Anwir Village in Talasari…
Village Elder with a beautifully carved traditional door
Mystical Malliamman Durgham – Part 2
Continued from https://smokelesscookstovefoundation.org/mystical-malliamman-durgham-part-1/ Malliamman Durgham has had its share of interesting visitors including high ranking Government officials (I was given to understand the current version of the road only came…
Mystical Malliamman Durgham – Part 1
Malliamman Durgham - A village name and its presence that has stuck out for me like a mystery, ever since the roll out of a clean cooking project that I…
Warli art on stones
Hallu Hallu…Rang De
Convergence of 1000s of years of Tribal traditions and wisdom laced with urban de-cultured and yet necessary ways of living to some solutions that might hold the key...all in heart…
Ode to the tribal queen of Aarey forest
For the community..by the community…with the community
Ode to the tribal queen of Aarey Forest, Vanitha Tai of Khambacha Pada