"In olden times, the call of the Indian Cuckoo would tell us it is time to go to the mountains to graze animals," says Taukeer Alam, a Van Gujjar resettled at Laldhang from the Rajaji National Park area.Van Gujjars belong to the Other .
Rather than dismissing these communities as backward, incorporating their rights and know-how can point the way towards preserving diverse environments.
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Artisanal cheese has been increasing in popularity amongst Indian consumers, who, for decades, have only had access to processed cheese. It turns out that Indians were making cheese 4,500 years ago and the art was lost over the centuries.
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