778 neighbours have shared what matters to them — in their own words.
“During our regional Nuakhai, our main festival, we welcome elders by offering our respects and bless the younger ones.”
“ଆମର ଅନଚଳତି ନୁଆଖାଇଟା ଆମର ମେନ ତିହାରରେ ଆମେ ବଡମାନକେ ନମସ୍କାର କରିକିରି ସ୍ଵାଗତ କରୁଛୁ । ଛୋଟମାନକେ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦ ଦେସୁଁ।”
translated from Odia
In your area, citizens are expressing concerns about the erosion of traditional culture, including languages, folk songs, dances, and ancient games 🎭. There is a strong desire for support to revive these practices and ensure their transmission to future generations. Communities also highlight critical gaps in basic infrastructure, specifically the lack of schools, reliable water supply 💧, and local healthcare facilities. Unemployment, particularly among youth, is a prominent issue, coupled with a need for financial and skill-based opportunities to secure stable livelihoods. Many submissions also point to the fading knowledge of traditional agricultural practices and the underutilization of nutritious forest-based foods. Despite these challenges, a proactive spirit is evident, with many practical solutions proposed. Citizens are eager to engage in small-scale entrepreneurial ventures like tailoring, broom making, and vegetable selling, often seeking modest financial support to kickstart or expand their businesses 💡. There is a deep commitment to sustainable agriculture through traditional seed saving and organic farming methods. The potential of local forest resources, such as Mahua, for both nutrition and income generation, is frequently emphasized, offering avenues for dietary improvement and economic upliftment. Women, in particular, are actively seeking opportunities, demonstrating a powerful drive for empowerment and community development.
“If I am given 15000 rupees, I will buy two cows for 15000 rupees. After bringing the cows, I will raise them and support my family every year.”
“Traditional and folk songs are becoming extinct. We need to prevent their extinction and revive those conversations, dances, and songs.”
“We have cultivated mung beans this year. Next year, we will cultivate them using saved seeds.”
“I will buy brooms, collect them, sell them for more money, and save money.”
“Sir/Madam, if the food 'Charal' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's midday meal for the children.”
“I store radish and leafy vegetable seeds myself and always cultivate them using cow dung manure.”
“We are currently playing an old game. This rope was provided. We like it, and it feels good for the body too. All the parrots also join and play this game.”
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“Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.”
“Tailoring and cloth business ”
“We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.”
“I will buy a sewing machine, sew and sell clothes, and save.”
“After harvesting the paddy, the field was ploughed well. We are doing this good cultivation. We used to cultivate green gram by soaking its seeds in good fertilizer.”
“We can use muIdim found in the forest as traditional medicine.”
“Give me twenty thousand rupees, so I can open a small machine and earn money, that's what I hope.”
“The women of Amar village play traditional games like Chhilolai Rasidia Fitu, and there is a place to play in the village.”
“Cultivate pulse varieties and save them for the next year, and then cultivate again using traditional methods.”
“If I get 20000, I will open my tailor shop. I will bring a machine to expand the business and earn some money by stitching.”
“Khadia language is my mother tongue, it is disappearing in the current generation. To preserve it, it should be taught in families and schools.”
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“If I receive 20000, I will do business even if it is a donation.”
“We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.”
“If women are ahead in the fields of education, politics, employment, and sports in a developed India, then it is a sign that women have progressed.”
“From the time of our ancestors, they used to cultivate with a plow. Immediately after paddy cultivation, they would grow mustard, groundnuts, horse gram, black gram, and green gram. Our subsequent generations have forgotten this practice.”
“Mahula is available in our area. We have a lot of Mahula, even for pimples, Mahula is present. If we make cakes or chocolates and give them to children, they will be able to eat nutritious food.”
“This year we have cultivated paddy. We will save the seeds and cultivate paddy next year as well.”
“If people in the past were good with dance, song, festivals, celebrations, and behavior, then everything would have been good for everyone.”
“Will the development of our women truly happen through job politics and under empty promises?”
