Author Archives: Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge A Non-governmental and Non-profit development Organization
Protector of extinct rice varieties
Anowar Hossein, Chapainawabgonj:: This article was publised in daily Prothom Alo, a Bengali newspaper on 16 March, 2013. Silvanus Lamin translates it for our online readers with a slight change of the main article It was because of his deep love that has led him conserving the diverse rice ...
Continue Reading...Consumable Salt from salty soil!
Silvanus Lamin:: There are processes of preparing salt from the coastal saline water and its detergents but we hardly know about the making of salt from salty soil. But people of the Sunderbans area have their unique knowledge to make salt from the salty soil. However, it could be claimed that ...
Continue Reading...Students are the active Social actors
Silvanus Lamin:: Students can contribute in building a nice and peaceful world through utilizing their innovations, zeal and strengths by actively get themselves involved in the process that leads to the solution of the existing social problems. Students are energetic and have the potentiality ...
Continue Reading...Mogra River festival : Revive the rivers of Bangladesh
::Sirajul Islam Abed, Divisional editor of Suridh Somabesh in Mymensingh:: (This feature was published in the daily Somokal (Suridh Somabesh page) national daily of Bangladesh on 13 October, 2014 and Silvanus Lamin translates it for our readers with little modification from the original text in ...
Continue Reading...School of honesty
Ershad Ali, From BARCIK, Dhaka One room of the school, big three plastic baskets are placed on the table and educational materials such as pens, pencil, slate, scales, copy, Neil cutter, eraser are serially set on the basket with their price written in a white paper placed nearby the table. ...
Continue Reading...Honesty, Association and Conflict
Pavel Partha, from BARCIK, Dhaka Integrity is a ‘noun’ in the Bengali dictionary. In the dictionary published by Bangla Academy, the meaning of Integrity is Justice and good character and good character refers to honesty. Some said that honesty is the best policy while others define honesty as ...
Continue Reading...Ensure proper management of water
:: Silvanus Lamin:: The crisis of fresh water has increased in consonance with the population growth and it is assumed that after 50 years, another 40 or 50% new population would be added with the present population. However, more lands, wetlands and other sources of fresh water would be used ...
Continue Reading...Climate Change and Process: An overview
:: Silvanus Lamin:: Climate change is the burning issue of today’s world. It is said that excessive emission of greenhouse gas is the major cause of climate change. However, before discussing about climate change, we need to have idea regarding climate, greenhouse gas and the initiatives taken ...
Continue Reading...Forest diversity: Living ecosystem of the earth
::Silvanus Lamin:: Forest occupies 31% of total lands of the globe which is 4 billions hectare. Forests contain some of our planet’s most vibrant ecosystems, displaying a wondrous variety of birds, animals, and plants. Forests are the basis for more than 5,000 products, from aromatic oil ...
Continue Reading...How a small initiative makes marginal people smile!
By Bodrul Alam In a society, with clear social stratification, the marginalized people always face huge discrimination within the traditional education system. And, this type of discrimination stands as a barrier on the way of ensuring education for all. Alienation, social exclusion, and ...
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