Ecology
Silence and Marginalisation: Exploring Identity and Ecology in Girish Karnad’s ‘Cheluvi’
By: PRIYASHA KAUL – This article critically examines the complex negotiations of gender, class and caste identity in the Kannada film Cheluvi [Beautiful Girl] (1992), a film about a young woman’s ability to transform herself into an exotic fragrant flowering tree. It was the recipient of the ‘National Film Award for Best Film on Environment…
Ceramic Ecology and Pottery: A Study in Bankura, West Bengal
By: AMALESH KANRAR, SUTAPA CHOUDHURY – Pottery-making is one of the oldest practices in society. Most of the materials used in pottery work are naturally found. The study is focused on the relationship between ecology and pottery. Interview and observation methods have been used to conduct this study. It is found that Ecology and pottery…
Conservation of Biodiversity Using Ethnic Adaptive Folk Beliefs- A Case Study in Purulia District, West Bengal, India
By: SHILPA BISWAS, WORREL KUMAR BAIN – The world is degrading daily due to the overuse of natural resources, urbanization, and industrialization. When humans abuse natural resources, causing ecology to become unbalanced, the relationship between nature and man switches from symbiotic to predatory. Because belief systems substantially impact environmental behavior, ethnic adaptive folk traditions have…