Mann Ki Baat · 29 December 2024
Episode 117 featured young athletes from the first Bastar Olympics, tea-garden communities in Jorhat who pushed back malaria, and a farmers' group that turned a drought-prone block of Kalahandi into a vegetable hub.
4 people · 2 groups highlighted. Read the official English transcript.
Person · Bastar, Chhattisgarh
An archer from a small village in Bastar who won a silver medal at the first Bastar Olympics, and says the games gave young people there not just a sports field but a chance to get ahead in life.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Sukma, Chhattisgarh
A javelin thrower from Sukma who won gold at the first Bastar Olympics, which drew about 1.65 lakh participants from seven districts.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Dornapal, Sukma, Chhattisgarh
A wheelchair racer from Dornapal in Sukma district who has been winning medals, including at the Bastar Olympics, after leaving behind a past linked to the region's armed conflict.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh
An archer from Kondagaon chosen as the "Bastar youth icon" of the first Bastar Olympics. She sees the games as a way for young people from remote areas to reach national competitions.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Jorhat, Assam
Workers and families in Jorhat's tea gardens, where malaria was a major worry until a few years ago, came together to fight it, using technology and social media to spread awareness, and cut cases sharply.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Golamunda block, Kalahandi, Odisha
A farmer producer organisation started by just ten farmers in a dry block of Kalahandi that people once left for work elsewhere. It now has more than 200 members, including 45 women, grows tomatoes and bitter gourd on hundreds of acres and turns over more than ₹1.5 crore a year.
As described in Mann Ki Baat