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Malpe Fishing Community: The Original Fishermen of the Karnataka Coast and Why They Are Being Pushed Out of the Sea They Have Always Fished
The boats leave before you are awake. By the time visitors arrive at Malpe harbour in the morning, the day's work has already been underway for hours. The fishing fami...
Shankarapura Mallige: The Jasmine That Wakes Before Dawn and the Farming Families Who Cannot Afford to Sleep In
The flowers have to come off the plants before the heat of the day. This is not a preference. It is biology. Jasmine blossoms at its most fragrant in the cool hours be...
Udupi Cotton Weavers: The Last Forty-Two Families Keeping a 200-Year-Old Craft Alive at Talipady
In 2017 the Kadike Trust conducted a survey of Udupi cotton saree weavers across two districts of coastal Karnataka. They found forty-two. Not forty-two workshops. Not...
Coast to Canopy: Seven Days Inside Five Communities That Are Keeping Karnataka's Living Traditions Alive
What does responsible tourism actually look like when it is done properly? Not the marketing version. Not the brochure version. The real version, where communities dec...
Tirupati Balaji Temple Tour: Why 100,000 Pilgrims Visit the World's Richest Temple Every Single Day
Every single day, without exception, one hundred thousand people climb the Tirumala Hills in Andhra Pradesh to stand before Lord Venkateswara. Not during festivals. No...
