{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Eatweeds Podcast: For People Who Love Plants","title":"EP52: Indigenous Plant Practices in India","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2741,"description":"In this episode of the Eatweeds podcast, Robin Harford is joined by filmmaker Nirman Choudhury to explore the deep connection between India’s indigenous communities and their traditional ecological knowledge of plants.\nNirman shares insights from his project \"Shifting Narratives,\" which highlights how tribal and Dalit communities use visual storytelling to document their relationship with their environment.\nThe conversation delves into how these communities sustainably harvest forest produce, use plants for food and medicine, and maintain spiritual practices tied to the land.\nThrough stories of resilience, they discuss the importance of preserving indigenous plant knowledge and the vital role it plays in environmental stewardship.\nSELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE\nShifting Narratives\nnirmanchowdhury.in\nMadia Gond Tribe uses the camera for the first time\nThe Dongria Kondh say plot of James Cameron's blockbuster reflects their plight as they struggle to stop company from opening bauxite mine on sacred mountain\nSarna Religion\nIntroduction to India's Tribes\nAdivasi\nActivists from Tribal India\nPhotojournalist Sudharak Olwe\nMinor Forest produce\nMadia Gond tribes leave ancestral land, to make way for tiger conservation\nImportant stories from Rural and Tribal India\nHow one man fought a patent war over turmeric\nABOUT NIRMAN CHOUDHURY\nNirman Choudhury is a film-maker and Visual Artist working in the intersection of storytelling and films for change, with a strong focus on human rights issues such as caste discrimination, hunger and inter sectional indigenous/tribal issues. Using lens based practices to engage with communities and foster growth and social change. He also runs a commercial video production studio based in Mumbai.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q91i_VcMEu2XgjHhOpIbpHKFg6BUCGYGuPfjWiss9E0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5Njg5LzE2NDkz/MzM4MzctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}