Mann Ki Baat · 25 February 2024
Episode 110, the last before a break for the 2024 general election, featured women farmers using drones and natural methods, a tribal homestay in Melghat, a goat bank in Kalahandi, education work among Bihar's Musahar community, and people keeping the Gojri, Wancho and Gondhali traditions alive.
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Person · Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
A graduate from a farming family in Sitapur who trained as a drone pilot and sprays crops for local farmers, more than 35 acres so far, finishing a field in about half an hour without anyone needing to walk into the crop. Larger farmers now call her in too.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Maharashtra
A microbiology graduate working with her gram panchayat who made an organic spray from ten kinds of plants to cut pesticide use, encouraged women to take up natural farming, and helped build 20 rainwater recharge shafts in her village, with more approved.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Khatkali, Melghat, Maharashtra
A member of the Korku tribe in Khatkali village near Melghat Tiger Reserve who built a seven-room homestay on his land. His family cooks for guests, and he has planted medicinal plants, mango and coffee around it, creating work for others in the village.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Salebhata, Kalahandi, Odisha
Started by Jayanti Mahapatra and Biren Sahu, who left management jobs in Bengaluru, the goat bank lends farmers two goats for 24 months and shares the kids born in that time. More than 1,000 farmers from 50 villages now work with them.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Bhojpur, Bihar
A social worker in Bhojpur who has worked for the education of the poor Musahar community, enrolling about 8,000 children in school, setting up a library, helping families with documents and organising more than 100 medical camps.
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Person · Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir
A writer from the Gujjar Bakarwal community who walked 20 km a day to school as a child and has spent three decades preserving the Gojri language. His work, including poems, folk songs and translations, fills about 50 volumes.
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Person · Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh
A teacher in Tirap who has worked to spread the Wancho language, spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Assam. He set up a language school, and a script for Wancho has been prepared, so younger people can learn it.
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Person · Bagalkot, Karnataka
A Gondhali folk singer from Bagalkot who has sung more than 1,000 Gondhali songs, carried their stories far and wide, and trained hundreds of students without charging a fee.
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