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<h2><a id="18305" linktype="page">Hukrappa bells Beltangadi’s cows</a></h2><p></p><p>One of the last remaining artisans of bamboo cowbells in Shibaje village, in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, explains the intricate nature of the craft in this video</p><h5>May 27, 2022 | Reporter: <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/vittala-malekudiya/">Vittala Malekudiya</a> | Editor: <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/vinutha-mallya/">Vinutha Mallya</a></h5><p></p>

Hukrappa bells Beltangadi’s cows

<h2><a id="16947" linktype="page">In Jabarra: till the buffaloes come home</a></h2><p></p><p>Vishalram Markam’s beloved buffaloes venture on their own to graze in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district. They return to him by evening, but the danger from hungry predators is always lurking</p><h5>January 20, 2022 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/purusottam-thakur/">Purusottam Thakur</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/priti-david/">Priti David</a></h5><p></p>

In Jabarra: till the buffaloes come home

<h2><a id="16536" linktype="page">Sangli farmers: milked by private players</a></h2><p></p><p>Unable to recover production costs due to the private sector&#39;s control over milk prices, dairy farmers like Arun Jadhav in western Maharashtra are selling their livestock and scaling down</p><h5>December 7, 2021 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/parth-mn/">Parth M. N.</a></h5><p></p>

Sangli farmers: milked by private players

<h2><a id="10591" linktype="page">Vidarbha’s pastoralists paying a pandemic price  </a></h2><p>The Nanda Gaolis and other dairy farmers in eastern Maharashtra are facing losses from the drop in demand for milk and broken supply chains, besides grappling with animal health problems and fodder shortages</p><p>April 22, 2020 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jaideep-hardikar/">Jaideep Hardikar</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jaideep-hardikar-and-chetana-borkar/">Chetana Borkar</a></p><h2></h2>

Vidarbha’s pastoralists paying a pandemic price

<h2><a id="10418" linktype="page">Where country roads don’t take you home</a></h2><p></p><p>With the COVID-19 driven lockdown, Chenakonda Balasami and other pastoralists in Telangana, on the road for months, are finding it difficult to access food and new grazing grounds – or return to their villages</p><p></p><h5>March 31, 2020 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/harinath-rao-nagulavancha/">Harinath Rao Nagulavancha</a></h5><p></p><p></p>

Where country roads don’t take you home

<h2><a id="10233" linktype="page">The men who go carting in the capital city</a></h2><p></p><p>In north-central Delhi&#39;s cargo hubs, some of the bailgadi owners who have for long ferried goods for transporters are seeking better wages elsewhere, while others say it&#39;s their tradition and only work option</p><p></p><h5>March 4, 2020 |<a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sumit-kumar-jha/"> Sumit Kumar Jha</a> </h5>

The men who go carting in the capital city

<h2><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></h2><h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/kuruba-shepherds-lose-their-security-blanket/">Kuruba shepherds lose their security blanket</a></h2><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For long, the pastoralist Kurubas of Karnataka have journeyed for months to graze their hardy Deccani sheep. But with declining demand for their animals&#39; manure and wool, many are seeking other sources of income</p><p></p><h5>December 13, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/prabir-mitra/">Prabir Mitra</a></h5>

Kuruba shepherds lose their security blanket

<h2><a id="6550" linktype="page">‘Cattle and birds, both need a lot of water’</a></h2><h2></h2><p>Drought across rural Maharashtra has forced many families into cattle camps. At a camp in Mhaswad, Satara district, Sarika and Anil Sawant speak of their growing struggle with their milk and poultry business</p><h5>May 7, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/medha-kale">Medha Kale</a></h5>

‘Cattle and birds, both need a lot of water’

<h2><a id="6311" linktype="page">&#39;No one even asked for the price&#39;</a></h2><p></p><p>Vithoba Yadav was willing to sell his goat for less than half its market price, but the drought and severe shortage of water and fodder means few buyers at the market in Mhaswad town of Satara district</p><h5>March 13, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/medha-kale">Medha Kale</a></h5><p></p>

'No one even asked for the price'

<h2><a id="6242" linktype="page">Chimnabai gets to eat finally, with 8,000 others</a></h2><p>Lakshmi Kalel has moved to a cattle camp in Satara district with her two buffaloes, a cow and a bull, leaving her family in the village, but forging new bonds with others trying to cope with the harsh drought<br/></p><h5>February 28, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/medha-kale">Medha Kale</a></h5>

Chimnabai gets to eat finally, with 8,000 others

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/families-separated-by-the-search-for-fodder">Families separated by the search for fodder</a></h2><p>An early drought in Satara and other districts of Maharashtra has dried up farm work and cattle feed, forcing people to take their animals to a cattle camp – where women are shouldering the bulk of the crisis<br/></p><h5>February 18, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/medha-kale">Medha Kale</a></h5>

Families separated by the search for fodder

<h2><a id="6028" linktype="page">Sturdy cattle that sustain fragile communities</a></h2><p>In villages near the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana, the indigenous Poda Thurupu cattle are a source of sustenance for breeder communities and farmers, and efforts are on to conserve the species</p><h5>January 11, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/harinath-rao-nagulavancha">Harinath Rao Nagulavancha</a></h5>

Sturdy cattle that sustain fragile communities

<h2><a id="5571" linktype="page">‘When I see him back home, I thank the tiger’</a></h2><p>Though Shankar Atram, a terrified cattle herder in Yavatmal, fashioned a near-comical flimsy ‘body armour&#39; against the recently-killed T1, for him and other villagers the problem could now be more displaced tigers</p><h5>November 06, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jaideep-hardikar">Jaideep Hardikar</a></h5>

‘When I see him back home, I thank the tiger’

<h2><a id="3813" linktype="page">Milk boats from the chars</a></h2><p>For the people living on Chalakura island on the Brahmaputra in Assam, dairy farming is the only sustainable livelihood – but a withdrawal of state-subsidised cattle feed has increased the uncertainty of their lives</p><h5>October 03, 2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/ratna-bharali-talukdar">Ratna Bharali Talukdar</a></h5>

Milk boats from the chars

<h2><a id="3669" linktype="page">&#39;This calf went missing after I took this photo&#39;</a></h2><p>N. Swamy Bassavanna, a farmer from Mangala village, says in this sixth in a series of six photo essays on life in a forest, ‘Everyone should be involved in farming and understand the challenges we face’</p><h5>August 21, 2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/n-swamy-bassavanna">N. Swamy Bassavanna</a></h5>

'This calf went missing after I took this photo'

<h2><a id="3639" linktype="page">&#39;That is where the leopard and tiger attack&#39;</a></h2><p>Indra Kumar, who works in Mangala village near Bandipur National Park, records cattle herders, leopard attacks, folk art performers and the harvest in this fifth photo essay in a series of six on PARI</p><h5>August 14, 2017 |<a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/m-indra-kumar"> Indra Kumar</a></h5>

'That is where the leopard and tiger attack'

<h2><a id="3614" linktype="page">Close encounters with the Prince of Bandipur</a></h2><p>K.N. Mahesha, a naturalist and cultivator who lives close to Bandipur National Park, brings images of fighting bulls, sensitive cows, work elephants and raptors, in this fourth photo essay in a series of six on PARI</p><h5>August 07, 2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/kn-mahesha">K.N. Mahesha</a></h5>

Close encounters with the Prince of Bandipur

<h2><a id="3461" linktype="page">Another day at the races</a></h2><h5>July 18,  2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/p-sainath">P. Sainath</a><p></p></h5>

Another day at the races

<h2><a id="1706" linktype="page">‘An animal saved today is an animal earned tomorrow’</a></h2><p>Many cattle camps in Maharashtra that offered desperately-needed shelters, water and fodder during the drought have shut down with the monsoon. But Beed is yet to receive good rains and the camp at Palvan is still open</p><h5>July 22, 2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jaideep-hardikar">Jaideep Hardikar</a><p></p></h5>

‘An animal saved today is an animal earned tomorrow’

<h2><a id="3031" linktype="page">Brokpa: ‘The jungle is our mother&#39;</a></h2><p>The Brokpa of West Kameng and Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh are reclusive herders who migrate in fixed seasonal patterns at high altitudes. A photo story depicting their daily rhythms</p><h5>June 22, 2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/ritayan-mukherjee">Ritayan Mukherjee</a></h5>

Brokpa: ‘The jungle is our mother'

<h2><a id="2765" linktype="page">Not quite a cash cow</a></h2><p>Across Marathwada, in 45 degrees heat, farmers already trapped in the agrarian crisis are walking many kilometres from market to market, trying desperately to sell their cattle to raise some money – a task made nearly impossible by the beef ban</p><h5>June 01, 2017 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/parth-mn">Parth M.N.</a></h5>

Not quite a cash cow

<h2><a id="2387" linktype="page">‘We are now self-reliant and organised’ </a></h2><p>It has taken decades of struggle for the Tirmali Nandiwale, a nomadic tribe of performing artists, to find a permanent home in Kanadi Budruk village in Beed district of Maharashtra, and to get basic facilities</p><h5>December 13, 2016 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/shirish-khare">Shirish Khare</a></h5>

‘We are now self-reliant and organised’

<h2><a id="1477" linktype="page">When the cows come home in Parkidih</a></h2><p>During the &#39;go-bnadna&#39; festival – a time of earth colours, wall painting, music and games – the Santals of Purulia district in West Bengal offer thanks to their cows</p><h5>July 04, 2016 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/arunava-patra">Arunava Patra</a></h5>

When the cows come home in Parkidih

<h2><a id="1137" linktype="page">Risking bulls, running from puppies</a></h2><p>The unique Kangayam cattle of Tamil Nadu are in decline – we meet a rare bull of this species during the Pongal festival in January</p><h5>January 14, 2016 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/aparna-karthikeyan">Aparna Karthikeyan</a></h5>

Risking bulls, running from puppies

<h2><a id="1085" linktype="page">Swimming to migrate in Odisha</a></h2><p>In Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, buffaloes swim across the local river every day during the summer, seeking fresh pastures</p><h5>October 02, 2015 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/dilip-mohanty">Dilip Mohanty</a></h5>

Swimming to migrate in Odisha

<h2><a id="467" linktype="page">Cattle class: native v/s exotic</a></h2><p>An emphasis on high-maintenance crossbreeds in Thrissur has brought a sharp decline in hardy domestic animals</p><h5>August 05, 2015 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/p-sainath">P. Sainath</a></h5>

Cattle class: native v/s exotic

<h2><a id="499" linktype="page">Holy cow! Small is beautiful</a></h2><p>Native breeds were ruined not by people but by official policies over a long time</p><h5>August 05, 2015 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/p-sainath">P. Sainath</a></h5>

Holy cow! Small is beautiful

<h2><a id="255" linktype="page">A day at the races</a></h2><p>The bullock cart races at Delanwadi in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district are held in a carnival-like atmosphere. But, as this author learned, dangers lurk on the track. And not just for the bullocks</p><h5>June 14, 2015 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/p-sainath">P. Sainath</a></h5>

A day at the races

<h2><a id="557" linktype="page">Visible Work, Invisible Women - Till the cows come home (Panel 9A)</a></h2><h5>July 24, 2014 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/p-sainath">P. Sainath</a></h5>

Visible Work, Invisible Women: Till the cows come home (Panel 9A)

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