Seeds and Knowledge: How the Draft Seeds Bill degrades both

The central government has circulated the Draft Seeds Bill 2019, the text of which raises several red flags about the future of kisan rights, state responsibilities, the role of the private sector seed industry, More...

How old is Indian agriculture?

It is common knowledge now that food production in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent began with the Mehrgarh Neolithic in the early 7th millennium BCE. What is less known is that there were many independent More...

हिन्दू सभ्यता का एक महत्वपूर्ण अंग-कृषि

हिन्दू सभ्यता को सर्वांगसंपूर्ण सभ्यता कहना शायद गलत नहीं होगा। और उसमे से एक महत्वपूर्ण More...

Prana, desha, anna: the modes of spiritual agriculture-II

[contextly_sidebar id=”LAfrXRo01ZwQxlfXtjhVMrZR7jgPLOKF”] Taking the yajnas and the injunctions about “annadana” as pointers to the size of a society that placed demands upon agricultural production, More...

Prana, desha, anna: the origins of spiritual agriculture- I

“Pressed (by men at the helm of affairs) in the words ‘Let food be given again and again and (also) article of wearing apparel of various kinds’ many men in that sacrifice did as they were told More...