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How to find the best Video Production Company in India

Video can be an important and efficient marketing tool for companies of any scale. Visual communication is extremely important today, and is an integral part of our daily lives. Especially when we’re talking about web-based communication, there’s nothing better than a video to grab the attention of potential clients and introduce your company and services.

It has to be realized by professionals in order for a video to actually be useful and help you reach your commercial and promotional goals. It will guarantee you the quality level required to be reliable and compelling online before.

Filming in India is the perfect choice because no place is better than India when it comes to Diversity and cultural background. If you need a commercial, a documentary or an event video, the location is always beautiful and adds value to the final result.

Pick a production company which fits your style

Look through the work of the production company, talk to them about how they approach projects, the turnaround time and the number of “passes” editing or changes that you will have before the final delivery.

The value of output is essential, and should correspond to the creative concepts. When you need realistic, live action scenes with fantastic locations, invest in a production company that combines high production value with experience.

Choose a company which can show you its great ideas

Many production firms may use innovative concepts to help. Online companies, creative agencies and marketing agencies may also. If you already know how to incorporate video into your marketing plan online and offline, then you need ideas that will work with that plan and carry out your agenda.

Good and poor ideas on video are subjective. Take a look at the previous work of companies to see if the outcomes are determinable.

HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY TO WORK WITH

1. Identify Nominees

The first thing to do may seem simple, but it’s very important: check your location on Google, and write down a list of potential candidates. If a video production company also appears in the organic results, and not just in advertisements, this may be a good quality sign. This means, in fact, that the website has a good relevance on the Internet and people who typed your same keywords often click it on. You can also look at Google Maps to check the company’s geographical location.

2. Verify Goodness

Best video production company On various online platforms the same video production company could come up with. This can be a good sign, because it means a business is known and has Web importance. The first thing to do though is always check out the official video production companies websites on your list. That is because a website is like an electronic portal, and is an official client presentation. Scroll down the homepage to the bottom and check the footer to make sure the website is correct. Find out the video samples and the list of clients.

3. Call us

After you have completed your list, the time is right to contact the candidates! That good website should have a “contact us” page where you can find all the important details about the company. If they have one, you can either send an email, or fill out a specific form. If you’re not an expert and don’t know anything about video production, this latter choice is preferable. The form should in fact be explicitly designed to ask you for all the details available to provide an accurate estimate. Please remember to ask for a description of prices, so that you can properly compare the responses.

4. Evaluate replies

You will have a plethora of responses after around 24 hours. The first thing to do is compare the quotes and, above all, the breakdowns in prices. This will help you to understand whether a lower price hides cheaper equipment, or poorer service quality. If you think any of your questions have remained unanswered, please feel free to write again and ask for more information.

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Author: Pallavi Bhagat

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Rebel in PINK: Gulabi gang, India’s women warriors

An all women vigilante squad steals the prevalent attention by wielding sticks and catching villains.

Meet the ‘Pink-Saree Crusaders’ of India, the ‘Lathi’ vigilantes who by the power of unity and sisterhood strike fear into the hearts of potential abusers – The Gulabi Gang. Sampatpal Devi and her gang have been following one dream without yielding for the last thirteen years. Protecting the powerless from abuse and fighting corruption in rural areas to ensure basic rights for the poor and to discourage traditions such as child marriages.

History of Gulabi Gang

Founder of Gulabi Gang Sampat Pal Devi was born in Uttar Pradesh, in a small, dusty town of Banda, Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. Married soon afterwards at the age of 12 with five children to support, Sampat Pal was eking out a living as a vegetable seller. She witnessed a man beating his wife one day in 2006, and wanted to interfere. She could not stop him herself, so she gathered a few local ladies, and they thrashed the abuser together for his misdeeds. News of small-scale activism gesture by Sampat Pal spread like wildfire.

Sampat Pal and her cohorts had effectively upended traditional Indian taboos in a society which so often silences women.

Strength is a Shade of Pink

The group is popularly known for its members adorned with pink saris — gulabi in Hindi means “Pink.”

Gulabi Gang has fought all kinds of violence against women over the past 13 years. They also prohibited child marriages, arranged love-marriages and ensured that the poorest of the poor were granted basic rights. They also promote and oversee community events which bring women together. The group also vigorously protested by police against numerous cases of discrimination and malpractice.

The Gulabi Gang, which is primarily a women’s party, also allows men to participate in solidarity.

The movement has caused a number of women-led cottage industries and self-help groups to grow. The Gulabi Gang, which developed into an army of over 400,000 women’s rights fighters, gained national attention in 2011 when it organized mass protests in front of a police station for a 17-year-old Sheelu Nishad, who was raped by a local politician and wrongly accused of theft in an effort to silence her.

The successful intervention of Sampat Pal inspired her to mobilize a group of women Vigilantes known as the Gulabi Gang, a name that refers to the pink saris they wear. The group grabbed international headlines inspiring a feature-length film and the 2012 award-winning Gulabi Gang documentary.

The power of stick

From fighting violence against women, preventing child marriages, arranging couple weddings in love amid local opposition, to ensuring granting basic rights to the poorest of the poor, the dream of the Gulabi Gang is to ‘shield the marginalized from harassment and fight corruption’ has found simple resonance across much of India’s hinterland, blighted by endless stories of sex crimes and gang rapes.

“If a woman seeks Gulabi Gang membership, it’s because she has suffered injustice, has been oppressed, and sees no other solution,” says Suman Singh, the group’s deputy leader, from district Mahoba.

Bundelkhand is one of the poorest regions in India, with more than 40 per cent of the population living below the poverty line trapped in the endless cycles of hardship, drought and undernourishment. The area has also spread across the two provinces of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in the past, from the valiant princess ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ who rebelled against British colonial rule to the more recent Phoolan Devi who tried rebellion against her rapists by turning into a bandit.

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Human Library in India: Setting a new trend of storytelling

What if you could borrow a Human instead of a book to answer all of your questions? Yes, it is known as the Human Library. This novel idea encourages you to borrow a ‘Human Book’ or ‘human storyteller’ and listen to their story, removing prejudice and providing participants with a wider perspective.

A Human Library is a way for people in their community to reach out and interact with individuals they would not necessarily be associated with. Visitors to a library may have an opportunity to borrow Human Books and participate in conversation with the books during a scheduled event. Human libraries encourage diversity, celebrate differences and cultivate awareness of people coming from diverse backgrounds of culture or lifestyle.

Human Library trend across the world

Ronni Abergel created the Human Library started in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000 in an effort to enact social change and promote dialogue about oppressed communities. This definition today exists in more than 85 countries around the world, known as “Private Library Organization.” The Human Library is present in Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, and Europe.

Human Library trend in India

Indore was the first city in India to receive a Human Library. Hyderabad, was next in India and then made its way to other Indian cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Indore, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Bangalore, Rohtak, Chandigarh, Surat and Gurugram. These human libraries provided significant funding from individuals and the media.

How to start a human library

The Human Library is a low-cost initiative that can transform the lives of every person attending.

Steps that we have to take when organizing the human library are:

Identifying the artifacts and assessing the process value.
Project Group Accountability.
Selecting a place to host the event.
Pick the books, and plan the catalogs.
Selecting Librarians and training them.
Preparation for book conference.
Promote the library.
Carrying out the event itself.
The Library Evaluation.

How to become a human book

“Human Books” are a host of lifestyles and experiences that often come up against misunderstandings and discrimination. Books and readers have the opportunity to speak personally and privately in a structured, protected area within a limited period of time, but without any further commitment.

The book found in the Human Library is made up of people representing different groups who encounter or are likely to encounter prejudices and stereotypes and who may be the victims of discrimination and social exclusion, or at the end of the day, can only be people with stories that could give the reader a unique learning experience in the field of diversity.

If you’re like an open book and have valuable experiences that readers could benefit from learning about, or if you’re motivated to help challenge taboo and stereotypes through dialog and conversation, then maybe you can become a human book. Becoming an open book is also an opportunity to meet a lot of people who are different from you, and yet you will find that you share a lot in common.

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Assam’s Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, the largest rainforest of India is threatened due to permission given for extensive coal extraction

Declared a sanctuary on 13 June 2004, Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts of Assam, it covers an area of 111.19 kilometer square. The sanctuary with the largest stretches of lowlands is facing threat in the present scenario due to the government’s intervention in allowing mining in its land. Due to it Assam is witnessing several protests.

Flora, Fauna and Climate of Dehing Patkai Sanctuary

Being completely a vast rainforest, the Dehing Patkai is very rich in its biodiversity. Its serves as an ideal habitat to all the till now discovered species there, which are, 47 mammal species, 47 reptile species, 310 butterfly species and 293 bird species. With a good population of elephants, a part of Dehing Patkai rainforest, was declared as Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve under Project Elephant.

Some of the most famous species of this sanctuary are Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, gaur, and Chinese pangolin, crab eating mongoose, slow loris, sun bear, porcupine, Assamese macaque, stump-tailed macaque, Himalayan black bear, sambar, capped langur, hoolock gibbon, red giant flying squirrel, Indian leopard, leopard cat, clouded leopard, binturong, barking deer, Asian golden cat and marbled cat.

There exists about 293 bird species, belonging to 174 genera and 51 families. Out of them majority is resident, some are winter visitor and very few are summer visitors. About 10.7% are altitudinal migrants; they mainly come from the western, central and eastern Himalayas.

The sanctuary is blessed with exotic species of trees. The orchids and bromeliads are spread all over the rainforest. The abundance of various types of ferns, arums, climbers, epiphytes, linens and tall trees serve as homes to various large and small species of animals.

Some important species of trees here are hollang, mekai, dhuna, nahar, bheer, nahor, and au – tenga (elephant apple). The various species of wood in the sanctuary are dipterocarpus mancrocarpus, mesua ferrea, and vatica lanceaefolia. The shrub and herb layer has alpine spp, glochidion spp, wild banana, tree fern, pepper, Mallotus phillippinensis, etc.

The climate of the sanctuary is mostly tropical and the rainforest experiences an annual rainfall of more than 4000 mm. the monthly precipitation is at least 60 mm.

In quest for Coal extraction, Dehing Patkai gasping for life

The present scenario is not very good for the sanctuary. The government of Assam allowance of doing mining at Dehing Patkai by Coal India Ltd led to the massive protests all over in the streets of Assam and the issue also picked voice in national & international media.

There are two protests taking place paralleling in Assam. One is on social media and other on the streets of Margherita. One is to save the wildlife and environment and other is to save Coal India Limited (CIL) and the livelihood of around 2,000 people.

As per the official reports from government, The Coal India Ltd had been illegally mining in the Dehing Patkai wild life sanctuary since 2003 for which the body has sought permits & clearance in year 2012. In 1973, for the first time government granted Coal India Ltd to mine in the region. However the permit expires in 2003. CIL’s subsidiary NE Coalfield continues mining even after permit expires which is illegal.

The government of Assam provided the CIL for first stage clearance to mine 57 hectares in Dec 2019 with several conditions. However CIL anonymously applied for clearance again to mine 98.59 hectares where the CIL was already carrying out mining activities in 73 hectares.

Illegal mining with rat-holes dug are found in the sanctuary by the team of forest officials. The residents claim that this type of activities has been filling the pockets of many for the past ten or even more years.

Due to government’s move many people have started an online campaign with the hash tag ‘SaveDehingPatkai.’ To mention the North-Eastern Coalfields (NEC), a unit of Coal India Limited in Assam, has temporary halted its operations due to protests but in all this people have forgotten to keep the rule of social distancing amidst in this crucial situation of coronavirus. Meanwhile the Guwahati High Court has taken up a suo Moto case against the mining activities happening in Dehing.

For instance, a group of 291 scientists, experts, environmentalists, activists, former members of NBWL (National Board of Wild Life, have written to Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change expressing the concern over the wildlife and rare species. The subject is of utter importance and is being viewed over and is being discussed over by the expert panels in their meetings via video conference during this lockdown.

Sharp rise in Respiratory problems of local populance due to mining

Mining activities in Dehing Patkai has been killing lungs of Northeast. Coal Mining has been degrading the natural environment. Due to illegal mining, massive dust and noise pollution can be witnesses in nearby areas of wild life sanctuary. Usually the miners leave the mines open after cutting of coal seams. In last one decade, cases of respiratory disease have taken sharp rise which is major point of concerns.

Chief Minister of Assam called for inquiry of illegal mining

CM Shri @sarbanandsonwal has constituted an one-man inquiry commission of former Gauhati High Court Judge Shri Brajendra Prasad Katakey.

The commission will investigate allegations of illegal coal mining and destruction of biodiversity in #DehingPatkai since 2003.

— Chief Minister Assam (@CMOfficeAssam) July 18, 2020

Due to ongoing huge opposition by public and media reports, on July 18, 2020, the chief minister of Assam called for an inquiry for undergoing illegal coal extraction at the Dehing patkai Wildlife Sanctury. The CM ordered to form a investigating committee which will be headed by the judge of Guwahati High Court to find out the stock of situation in Sanctuary and trace the violation of rules. The Chief Minister reiterated that his government is sincerely committed to protect the biodiversity & environment of the state would not do any kind of compromise in name of developments.

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Slum Tourism is a thing now, becoming quickly growing Tourism sector in India

Trying to look for something else than the usual dose of museums, beach resorts and restaurants, many foreign tourists are now turning to places that may seem at first to be the exact opposite of the typical tours: Slum tourism. Dharavi, Asia’s largest slums, just became India’s favourite tourist “experience” in 2019, beating classic drawings like the legendary Taj Mahal. Some shanty town-like areas in cities such as Mumbai, Johannesburg, and Rio de Janeiro have now become bona fide tourist attractions, far from being treated as no-go-zones that outsiders would be wise to avoid.

Slum tourism: How it started?

The Oxford English Dictionary first published ‘slumming’ in 1884. By 1884 wealthier people in New York City started visiting the Bowery and the Lower East Five-Point District, poor immigrant community, wondering “how the other half lives.”

In the 1980s, black people in South Africa organized township tours to educate the whites in local governments about the way the black population resided. This tour attracted tourists from around the world who wanted to learn more about apartheid. In the mid-1990s, it started organizing international tours with destinations in the most deprived areas of developing nations, also known as slums.

Ever since Slumdog Millionaire was released in 2008, Mumbai had been a slum tourist destination. Recently, the idea of slum tourism has been receiving more coverage from both the media and government. The first international slum-tourism conference was held in Bristol in December 2010.

Slum tourism around the world

Slum tourism today has developed into a legal global industry taking in more than a million tourists a year. Tour operators now offer visits to places such as Cape Town and Johannesburg Townships, Rio favelas, Mumbai and New Delhi slums, or even LA skid rows, Detroit, Copenhagen and Berlin.

In India, slum tourism is a comparatively new phenomenon unlike South Africa and Brazil.

Dharavi slum tourism industry

Mumbai’s Dharavi slum area is Asia’s biggest slum, and the World’s third-largest. After the release of Slumdog Millionaire, it was thrust into the spotlight even though it was just the filming site and not the actual slum in which the film was set.

Dharavi tours in Mumbai, in recent years have risen in popularity — but for a very good reason. Such tours seek to dissipate any ideas that people may have of Dharavi being a place of suffering, and are very motivating indeed. They show what people can really do despite adverse circumstances.

Dharavi is not a devastated and marginalized squatter community. There are thriving home industries within the shanties alleys that support 20,000 small-scale units. The Maharashtra Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) describes the growth of Dharavi as “closely interwoven with the trend of migration into Mumbai”, owing to the free and unregulated land. Together with Tamil Nadu Muslim tanners, Uttar Pradesh craftsmen and embroidery workers, and several other migrants who set up savoury and sweet businesses, the area offers adequate employment opportunities regardless of location, caste, religion. Dharavi is also well known for its recycling, receipt and manufacturing industries.

Effect of Slum Tourism on Regional Development

Slum tourism is an opportunity to broaden business and build employment, socio-cultural engagement and also as an incentive to invest and sustain local infrastructure, a motivation to preserve traditional arts and resources, traditional sciences and methods that will contribute to sustainable use of biodiversity.

Taking into account the potential spots in the slum regions, job opportunities will increase with the arrival of visitors, which will contribute to economic growth in the area and also reduce deprivation, increase the general and social participation of residents in order to boost the level of education, health and food, note the past of the regions, renovate historic centres, preserve the original culture and archaeology.

What is the real impact?

Initially, slum tourism was only for the purpose of visiting poor regions and their way of life, but today it is carried out with the help of tours and tourists for these regions to eliminate poverty and construct growth and development in the area by creating opportunities to increase awareness and local participation and boost economic, social and cultural conditions.

Other slums to visit in India

Bhalswa Slum, Delhi- The population of this slum is considered to be 20 percent of Delhi’s total population. These slums appear to be on the bank of the Yamuna river. Slum dwellers from different parts of Delhi were resettled at Bhalswa.
Nochikuppam Slum, Chennai – “The city of flyovers” has a slum in Nochikuppam with 1,300 huts where about 5,000 people live below the level of poverty and they don’t have enough money for two meals a day.
Basanti slum,Kolkata- “The City of Joy” Kolkata has a slum area known as the Basanti slum, it is one of the biggest kolkata slum regions. One third of Kolkata’s population lives in these slums.
Bangalore’s Rajendra Nagar Slum – Bangalore alone holds a total of 570 slums in the state comprising about 2000 slums. It is estimated that around 20 percent of the population in Bangalore resides in slums.
Indiramma Nagar Hyderabad- “Nizam City” Around 624689 people live in the Hyderabad slums area. In 104 known and 24 unidentified slums in Hyderabad, very little land is available for all people’s stay.
Saroj Nagar Nagpur slum – “The Orange City” Nagpur has 424 legal slum zones, Sarojnagar is just one of the city’s 424 slums. Around 40 per cent of the population in Nagpur live in slums. More than 1,42,000 people live in these slums and occupy around 1,600 hectares of prime land.
Mehbullahpur Slum Lucknow– Lucknow ‘s population includes large numbers of poor people, many of whom live in slums. 20000 people living in 22 of the 460 slums in the city of Lucknow. Many people migrate to Lucknow for daily wages from different parts of the nearest district.
Satnami Nagar slum, Bhopal – “City of Lakes” Bhopal has many slums, one of the oldest slums in Bhopal is Satnami Nagar. Bhopal communities live on the streets and these slums provide shelter and other survival facilities for them.
Parivartan slum, Ahmadabad- In the city about 440,000 residents live in slums. Ahmedabad is home to a substantial population of poor people living on the banks of the river. Ahmedabad ‘s side river slums are 40 yrs old.

See the real India! Our tours will take you on authentic slum tourism experiences around various Indian cities. To shoot your documentary or feature film anywhere in India Contact Filming Indo. Filming Indo deals with tourism as well as in intent of documentary filmmaking. For more information please e-mail us at info@filmingindo.com.

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Narad Ghat of Varanasi where Bathing May Disbalance Your Relationship with Partner

Among the 88 ghats in Varanasi, where prayers can be enchanted for birth till afterlife, this unique ghat i.e. Narad Ghat is famous for its oddity. It is believed that the people who bath here can get rid of their toxic relationships and marriages.

Background of Narad Ghat

Around 88 ghats in Varanasi, between rivers ‘Varuna’ and ‘Assi,’ famous with their own unique and interesting story, Narad Ghat is no different. It has its own uniqueness and history. Narad Ghat is named after the sage of Hindu mythology. He is believed to have emerged from Lord Brahma’s (the creator of universe) forehead and is considered his son. He was a sage. He practiced sage hood, celibacy and linked it ultimately to self-cultivation and self-growth.

It is believed by the preachers that he dedicated his life to find the real meaning of existence of his and other human beings. He wanted greater orders in life. He is considered as the messenger of all the loks which are ‘Swarg Lok,’ ‘Dharti Lok,’ and ‘Paatal Lok.’ He every time chanted ‘Narayana,’ another name for Lord Vishnu (the operator of universe), which shows he was a true devotee of him. He is the one who has given introduction to the musical instrument, ‘Veena.’

Construction and Important deities

All the ghats in Varanasi are remanufactured after 1700 AD under Maratha Empire. The Scindias, Bhonsles, Peshwas and Holkars, were all the patrons who helped in the reconstruction of all the ghats, associated with religious beliefs.

Narad ghat was previously known as Kuvai Ghat. It was constructed by a monastery chief in 1788, called as Dattatreya Swami. The temple at the ghat has four important idols of the deities which include Naradeshwara, Atrishvara, Vasukishvara and Dattatreyeshvar. Among these God Dattatreyeshvar is considered as incarnation of Lord Shiva (the destroyer of universe). He is also considered as ‘Adi-Guru,’ or the first guru of Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas.

The Tantra Yoga

Lord Dattatreyeshvar was also considered to be the first ‘Lord of Yoga’. He exhibited various tantric traits. Tantra Yoga is a practice that is used to increase the awareness and connection between the couples. It can help in increasing the understanding between them and can bring them close, physically, emotionally, spiritually and unconditionally.

Reasons why Bathing is Prohibited at Narad Ghat for Couples

Maybe believed as a superstition, or maybe as some reality, this ghat is known for prohibiting the couples from bathing in the Ganges holy water together. This is because people consider that if the couples bath together they will face problems in their future lives and their married life will be affected to a large extend. It results in dis-balancing and in some cases maybe divorce too.

This is probably because Sage Narad was a celibate or Brahmchaari and is considered to own this place.

While some people see this place as a blessing to end toxic relationships and even marriages. The situation of the couples decide whether this place proofs to them a boon or ban. That is why it is believed that people should bath individually here; this presents an opposite scenario for the people where they believe that they will be granted ‘Moksha,’ after their death.

Travel Tips for visiting Narad Ghat

Be very aware of the slippery steps.
If you want to take a bath, take extra pair of clothes with you.
Hire a guide if you want to know about the background, history, construction etc.
If you want to perform some rituals and practices, hire a guide and a priest both.
It gets too much crowded at certain time of the day mainly at afternoon, so pre-plan your schedule of visiting this ghat.
Do some before researches, homework, for some other ghats too for visiting them also and in case of doubt do ask about everything from the guide.
Don’t visit during monsoons.
If you are interested in the mythologies of Varanasi, do read as much as you can and do ask the domestic crowd around. They are ‘the best guides in disguise,’ believe me.

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Top five Major & largest Slums in India

Approximately 1 of 6 Indian city resident live in an urban slums in India with “unfit for human living” unsanitary conditions. Some of the world largest slums exist in India like Dharavi Slum of Mumbai, Bhalswa Slum of Delhi, Nochikuppam slum (Chennai), Rajendra Nagar Slum (Bangalore) and Basanti Slum (Kolkata). Most of the residents are rickshaw pullers, sex workers, small seasonal vendors, house maid servants with a family income ranging from a modest Rs 1500 to Rs 3000.

The slum population is growing steadily, doubled over the last two decades. According to 2011 census, around 6.5 crore of Indian population live in slums, of which 1.18 crore live in Maharashtra. The present population living in the Indian slum is more than the British population.

1. Dharavi Slum, Mumbai

Mumbai, ‘The Dream City’ houses India’s largest slum area known as Dharavi. Asia’s biggest slum Dharavi has an area of just over 2.1 and about 1,000,000 inhabitants. Dharavi is one of the world’s most densely populated regions with population densities of more than 277.136/. Since Dharavi is located between the two main sub-urban railway lines in Mumbai, most people find it convenient to live for work here. It offers a cheap alternative, since rent is low. Dharavi also made it to the Asian list of ’10 Travellers’ 2019 choice experiences.

2. Bhalswa Slum, Delhi

The government may have covered the Garbage Mountain with grass and mud, but it does not conceal the slums that are based there. It is said that more than 24 per cent of Delhi’s population live in slums. With a population of about twenty two thousand, the Bhalswa slum is one of the most densely populated parts of the capital. These slums are tending towards the Yamuna river bank. The inhabitants here come from the different parts of Delhi. The government of Delhi resettled residents from various other slums here with the aim of cleaning up the area.

3. Nochikuppam slum, Chennai

Nochikuppam is an urban slum located at the end of Marina beach, home to even more than a thousand families, most of whom are fishing occupants. Around 5,000 families live below poverty level in this slum and they don’t have enough money to eat two meals a day. Nochikuppam was severely hit by the tsunami of 2004 and was submerged in the 2015 floods for days. Harsh cyclones like Varadah had all uprooted and yet for years the dwellers have faced the odds unflinchingly.

4. Rajendra Nagar Slum, Bangalore

Bangalore the ‘IT hub of India’ alone houses 570 slums in state out of around 2000 slums in all. It is estimated that around 20 per cent of the population in Bangalore resides in slums. The families living in the slum aren’t willing to move into the temporary shelters, saying staying under a flyover is unfair and dangerous. Though the Bangaloreans condemn the presence of this slum because they believe the inhabitants were rehabilitated. Like other slums, this slum lacks the essential hygienic, nutritional and water requirements.

5. Basanti Slum, Kolkata

‘The City of Joy’ Kolkata has a slum zone known as the Basanti slum. It is one of Kolkata’s most critical slum areas. Once you see the famous Howrah Bridge, you see the slums on both sides of the road, too. According to the census one third of Kolkata’s population live in this slum. Every day is a new battle for the people who live there. They find it very difficult to make a livelihood with the epidemic that is spreading because of an uptick in the unhygienic environment.

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Everything about Controversy behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Asia’s largest ‘750 MW Rewa Solar Project’

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Asia’s largest solar plant in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. The Prime Minister initiated it through video conference. A 750 MW solar power project has started in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. In his address, the Prime Minister said that today Rewa has really created history. He said that solar energy is going to be a major medium of energy needs not only today but in the 21st century because solar energy is pure and secure.

Prime Minister said that we will not be able to fully harness the power of solar power unless we have better solar panels, better batteries, and better quality storage capacity in the country. Now fast work is going on in this direction. He said solar energy has also made the common customer productive, giving control of the power button completely. The participation of the common people in the mediums that produce electricity is negligible, but solar energy can generate electricity for the needs of the common people.

Vision for One World, One Sun, One Grid

Prime Minister said that seeing this expectation of the world, of humanity, of India, this expectation, we are engaged in connecting the whole world. The result of this thinking is ISA ie International Solar Alliance. This is the feeling behind One World, One Sun, One Grid. India is considered to be the most attractive market for clean energy. India is globally seen as a model.

Power reached everyone, reached enough. Our environment, our air, our water should also remain pure, with this thinking we are working continuously. This thinking is also reflected in our policy and strategy for solar energy.

Prime Minister said that when we are launching large projects of renewable energy, we are also making sure that our determination towards clean energy is seen in every aspect of life. We are trying that its benefits reach every corner of the country, every section of society, every citizen.

New Peak of Developments and moving toward self-sufficiency for India

Prime Minister said that as India is moving towards the new peak of development, our hopes and aspirations are increasing, in the same way our energy, electricity needs are also increasing. In such a situation, self-sufficiency of electricity is very important for a self-reliant India.

Prime Minister said that because other sources of energy may be gone, but the sun will always shine throughout the world. Pure because it helps protect the environment. Secure because it secures our energy needs. When all these projects are ready, Madhya Pradesh will definitely become a hub of cheap and clean electricity. The biggest benefit of this will be to the poor, middle class families, farmers, tribals of Madhya Pradesh. Solar energy is going to be a major medium of energy needs not only today but in the 21st century. Because solar energy is pure, pure and secure.

Prime Minister emphasized that India today has really created history in Rewa. Rewa has been identified as mother Narmada and a white tiger. Now the name of Asia’s largest solar power has also been added. This solar plant of Rewa will help in making this entire area a big energy center in this decade. The people of Madhya Pradesh will not only get electricity from this solar plant, but also the metro rail in Delhi will get its benefits.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which has a vast urban train network that relies on electricity, is a customer of the solar project that was erected at an investment of Rs 4,500 crore. DMRC will receive 24 percent of the energy supply from the Rewa solar project.

Controversy behind the project for not being the Asia’s largest solar power

Single-site solar projects are just that – one project covering the entire site, and that is why the title of Rewa solar power plant as Asia’s largest solar project is justified, even though there are a number of solar parks that are larger than that of Rewa solar plant.

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Weavers village of Varanasi losing pace with the reeling economy of India

Banaras, one of the rich weaving centers of India is famous for its sarees and other dress materials. The trademark can be the silk sarees and craftwork. The globalized economy not only helped in increasing the competition in the developing countries but also it has put a threat in the skills of craftsmen and their source of earning, handlooms. This article talks about how with changing scenario and advancement of technology the weavers of Varanasi are facing difficult times.

The life of weavers in Varanasi

The weavers of Varanasi can be found mainly in semi-rural areas of Shivpuri constituency and Banda Naraini constituency. They are basically Muslims. Their whole family is involved in the handloom business from where they generate sarees with various motifs and designs on it, especially of ‘buti’ and ‘buta,’ (the single flower design on the saree is called buti and the big flower design is referred to as buta).

They start their work from 8 am in the morning and finish till 6 pm in the evening. Doing this regularly for 3-5 weeks helps them to generate two beautiful silk sarees and other banarasi sarees with motifs and patterns on them. While children go to school the men learn how to operate looms, learn designs and finally they learn how to transfer them into metallic stencils to create various types of motifs on weaves. The women on the other hand join the teamwork by maintaining the threads on the looms.

The community of weavers is known as ‘Karigars,’ and the workshop where they work is known as ‘Karkhanas.’ There prevails a skillful and well-organized management. There are 10-15 weavers under each ‘bunker,’ the leader of loom. ‘Kothdar’ is the wholesale dealer.

Effect of demonetization on Varanasi weavers

The demonetization of 2016 had affected the lives of Varanasi weavers in many ways. Due to the so called ‘note-bandi’ the weavers faced loss and trading, buying of silk threads, selling it to the middlemen which was all done in cash were all put on hold. Their monthly income which was rupees 6,000-7,000 had gone down by rupees 2,000 as transporters hiked up the charges. The handlooms were their only survival and it was going in complete loss. On the other hand the sub-sidised electricity proved of no help to them.

About the sarees and other products produced by the banarasi weavers

Banaras is world famous for its silk brocades and sarees. Some of the exclusive works of Banaras weavers are sarees various types, which are as follows:-

Tanchoi, Jangla, Vaskat, cutwork, tissue, and Butidar which is made up of silk weft and wrap.

Butidar sarees are world known. They are regarded highest in quality and design. Their patterns include various types of motifs which particularly include angoor, bal, gojar and bail.

In order to cater the need of overseas and domestic buyers’ weavers also produce stoles, scarfs, mufflers, mats, dresses, silk dhotis, wall hangings etc.

It is believed that 70% of the weaving force belongs mainly to Banaras city only.

Banaras Vs. Chanderi

The two most important clusters of North India, Banaras and Chanderi, not only share geographical closeness but they also produce products which have similar features. Similar features might be there but the vast difference is made by the quality of products.

Weavers of Varanasi are known for their intricate designs and beautiful floral motifs whereas Chanderi fabrics are known for their transparency and sheer texture.

In Varanasi designs are created in silk whereas in Chanderi the designs are drawn in silk and cotton fabrics. The Chanderi muslin has overtaken the Dacca muslin in the last decade. The Varanasi products are known for their heaviness and deep colors whereas Chanderi products are known for strong construction and fast colours.

Situation of Varanasi weavers in today’s scenario

The demand of finished sarees is going down over years. With the end decade of the 90s the labour wages have also gone down. The power looms are gradually replacing the hand looms. Besides this the shopkeepers are giving tough competition to all the weavers by their unique style, design and patterns. According to the handloom census report of 1995, the total population of weavers is 1,24,832.

The weavers who worked from 6 am in the morning to 8 pm in night, made use of various Nari, Dharki, and Anta fillings which required a lot of dedication. But in the last few decades their status had been reduced to unpaid workers. The tasks of the weavers are not given recognition, status and appreciation. Even during pricing of sarees the labour wages are not included.

People, especially weaver community whose business has been drastically hit, rises in protest against #demonetisation in Varanasi, UP.

The story of raw material is no better. If a small weaver wants to buy raw silk then he has to buy 5-6 kilograms of it, which obviously he couldn’t afford because he lacks purchasing power. Thus, this shows government intervention in the silk market has given no positive consequences to the small and self-made weavers.

The designs of the weavers get copied and eventually get devalued. Thus, the weavers have no other option but to sell at a price which doesn’t even make their labour cost. Moreover, declared and undeclared power cuts add to the agony.

Due to these problems, the weavers prefer migrating themselves from Varanasi to Surat, where the situation of weavers is good. Some prefer to stay and do some other jobs like rickshaw pullers; incense sticks makers and many more odd jobs which only degrade their skills and talents.

Referred to as ‘unskilled workers’ in their own field of work and occupation, if left unchecked and their talents are not put to proper use, can result in the death of the textile industry, therefore depriving future of one of its best traditions.

Author: Anjali Lavania

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Working with the Environment to protect people in the Post-COVID World

Novel Coronavirus, later named as COVID-19 by World Health Organisation (WHO) was first spread in Wuhan, China. Within a few months, it has spread in most of the countries in the world. Although it has brought with itself a lot of mental stress. But looking at the positives, it has also given us a ‘New Normal’ way of living. And people are enjoying this new normal.

Coronavirus and lockdown

With the news of coronavirus spreading, countries started imposing lockdown for different periods. In India, PM Modi announced a 21 days lockdown on March 24. It was later extended for different periods for several times. At present India, is under its Unlock 1 phase. Where most of the places in India like places of worship and malls have been opened up. Until 10 June, India had a total of 2,76,583 cases with 1,33,632 active cases.

The New Normal

Have you ever thought that masks and sanitizers will become a necessary part of our lives? But now they are. One cannot even think of stepping out without wearing masks. Moreover, coronavirus had started a new wave of Work from Home and online learning. This has led to the internet becoming a necessity. Not just this but due to the lockdown condition of the environment has also improved. Air Quality in India surprisingly improved after the first few days of the lockdown. People started adopting a healthy lifestyle. It is believed that even after the situation gets back to normal some things will remain as it is. Masks and sanitizers will be used similarly as they are being used now. And this is what is called the ‘New Normal’.

Protecting People in Post-COVID World

Coronavirus is a disease that can be spread through touching and sneezing. Therefore, it is important to protect people even after this disease has vanished from the whole world. The environment is an extremely important factor that can help in doing so. United Nations Environment Programme states that it is important to work with the environment to protect people in the post-COVID world. According to the human health and the planet’s health are interlinked. So, protecting our environment will eventually help us in protecting ourselves. For that, we need to take care that pollution levels are not increased. Natural resources should be used efficiently. Wastes needs to be managed smartly. Preparedness for a pandemic like situation in the future is also important. One can always learn from the past and use that learning in the future.

Positives of COVID-19

Although coronavirus has led to a lot of mental stress. But it has also led to some positive changes. The way of working in corporate offices is completely changed. They have adopted the concept of work from home. It has proved to be more effective and efficient than working in a cubicle within a stressed environment. Twitter allowed its employees to work from home whenever they want even when the situation gets back to normal. Education also took a modern turn. Schools and Colleges adopted online learning. It acted as a great solution for providing education to the students. Students living in remote areas were also able to take classes from the ease of their homes. Also, many people took to e-learning platforms to learn a new skill. Internet was used productively. It was not just used for entertainment purposes.

If these practices are continued even when the situation becomes similar to as it was before the pandemic. It is believed that it will lead to a new digital age. Having options for working from home or working in an office will increase an employee’s productivity. They will be able to devote more time to their work. Less commuting will reduce pollution levels. And people will be able to breathe in clean air. In the case of education, online learning will become more fruitful with time. Students who cannot attend classes physically will not miss their classes. Also, discussions can be held in groups regarding different topics. Teachers and students can interact more often.

Post-COVID World

Increasing the use of the internet will also increase the need for professionals. It will create new jobs. People with technical skills will be able to get jobs easily. Demand for creative and technical people will increase. This will help in the rise of the digital media industry. It will also help in globalization. People living in one part of the world will be able to work with people in other parts of the country. This will only improve the economic condition of the country.

Once this pandemic ends the world will enter into its new self. The Public will be more aware of their health. The government will find ways to get itself ready for handling a pandemic in the future. And new opportunities will be there for everyone.

Author: Anjali Datt

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