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Bahabanga festival: A cultural identity of the Santhals
The Bahabanga festival holds profound significance within the Santhal community. The Santhals celebrate it with vigour and reverence. Deeply rooted in their cultural ethos, the festival encompasses...
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Chitrashaala – Village Square’s short film fest trains the lens on rural India
Village Square is turning the spotlight on rural India in a unique way – through its short film festival, Chitrashaala, where filmmakers and aficionados will gather to discuss cinema, rural issues and...
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Mixed signals for rural sector in latest Union Budget
As India solidifies its position as the world’s fifth-largest economy, the country has made significant strides in poverty alleviation and rural development. The Economic Survey 2023-24 reveals that...
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Chitrashaala – Student winners of short film competition announced!
Village Square is thrilled to announce the top three winners of the short film competition for college students, held as part of the Chitrashaala short film festival on rural India. The winning...
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Here’s a film that takes masks of Majuli to the people
Majuli is widely known as the world’s biggest inhabited river island, but not as well recognised is the Assamese heritage of painted mask-making and the Satriya dance culture dating back to 500 years....
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A behind-the-scenes peek into Ek Aadmi ka Nyota
The cast of the short film Ek Aadmi ka Nyota comprised locals from the village of Kabulpur who had no prior experience in acting and were trained by Amit and his crew after their school hours for a...
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How this 29-yr-old cancer survivor is changing rural healthcare
Manisha Kumari was overwhelmed with fear and despair when she faced a devastating health crisis in 2021. The 22-year-old from Muzaffarpur in Bihar was diagnosed with bone cancer, which affected one of...
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Claiming the streets: SHGs, women and public spaces
On the morning of the 22nd of every month, Bijadandi’s main road bursts into life as women clad in brown sarees gather at their cluster-level federation office. The street buzzes with activity with...
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Clicking rural India from a woman’s view
Photographer Deepti Asthana, whose body of work includes stories on rural India from the perspectives of women, says it was the farmer suicides in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, in 2016 that galvanised her...
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Rural escapes that celebrate the romance of Indian villages
As World Tourism Day is commemorated on September 27, Village Square brings you a curated list of rural escapes that offer the very best a traveller can look forward to. This story on village outings...
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