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Rahul Goswami

Rahul Goswami

The author is a UNESCO expert on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific and has advised government officials, researchers, traditional knowledge bearers and practitioners on methods to identify, document and safeguard traditional knowledge systems and ICH. Goswami is adviser to the Centre for Environment Education Himalaya, a centre of excellence supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, on its programmes in the Indian Himalayan region. Earlier, he worked with the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, as a social sector consultant for the National Agriculture Innovation Project on the revitalisation of the agricultural extension system using traditional knowledge and participatory methods

A New Assault on Ayurveda
Archives, Indology

A New Assault on Ayurveda

Rahul Goswami- June 27, 2020

By the early 20th century, the science of ayurveda had been all but banished from the theatre of medicine in India. In the early 21st, ... Read More

Seeds and Knowledge: How the Draft Seeds Bill degrades both
Archives, Commentaries

Seeds and Knowledge: How the Draft Seeds Bill degrades both

Rahul Goswami- November 12, 2019

The central government has circulated the Draft Seeds Bill 2019, the text of which raises several red flags about the future of kisan rights, state ... Read More

Built Bharat: the Modern Derangement
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Built Bharat: the Modern Derangement

Rahul Goswami- August 21, 2018

The planners, architects, agencies and administrators of the cities and towns of post-Independence and pre-Liberalisation India spared barely a glance at the sort of organisation ... Read More

Prana, desha, anna: the modes of spiritual agriculture-II
Archives, Indology

Prana, desha, anna: the modes of spiritual agriculture-II

Rahul Goswami- October 20, 2016

Generations of spiritual farmers of Bharat, who have safeguarded the 'parampara' of dharmic cultivation, have shown us the worship that ties together the cultural, religious ... Read More

Prana, desha, anna: the origins of spiritual agriculture- I
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Prana, desha, anna: the origins of spiritual agriculture- I

Rahul Goswami- October 1, 2016

Our Hindu scriptural references provide a spiritual and dharmic basis for agriculture and for the harvesting, distribution, and the consumption of the food. Read More