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Roots

Roots

Many facets of the theme “Roots”, encompassing seasonal symbolism, the practical reality of wintering underground, tales of provenance, heart and origin, and the natural world.

Issue 4: An introduction
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Issue 4: An introduction

What anchors and sustains us, from ancestors to ecosystems, in Issue 4 of the journal.

BY Ramya Reddy

Ground Beneath My Feet
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Ground Beneath My Feet

On the roots within us: early memories, the selves we buried, and the work of re-membering.

BY Shivranjana Rathore

The Art of the Toda
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The Art of the Toda

Red and black thread counted by hand: the Toda women's embroidery, its motifs from nature, and its safeguarding.

BY Ramya Reddy

A Loosely Guided Tour of a Place Called Belonging: A House of Many Rooms
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A Loosely Guided Tour of a Place Called Belonging: A House of Many Rooms

The landscapes people carry: the Indus in a raised voice, Kerala's monsoon in an umbrella, a godwit's flight home.

BY Pankaj Singh

Rooting for Nature
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Rooting for Nature

How roots hold mountains together, store water, and sense the forest, and what being rooted could mean now.

BY Godwin Vasanth Bosco

The Voice of Vasamalli: Origins, Roots, and Life in the Toda Landscape
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The Voice of Vasamalli: Origins, Roots, and Life in the Toda Landscape

A Toda elder's childhood among buffaloes and sholas, the hare on the moon, and stories that must be kept.

BY Ramya Reddy

Okra – From Roots to Table
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Okra – From Roots to Table

From a grandmother's garden in Chennai to gumbo and podi chips: okra's long journey, and a taste acquired late.

BY Nikhita Venugopal