Author Archives: Harsh Singh Lohit

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Contentment

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Harsh Singh Lohit

December 2022. I am content with the alternate ways of doing, thinking and living in nature that have taken shape at Aman Bagh these past ten years of farming in Mangar. These ways that look effortless today unfolded slowly as … Continue reading →

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When The Walls Leaked

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Harsh Singh Lohit

Our traditional farm home has two levels of Chajjas all along the length of the walls, which protect the walls from the monsoon rains. Made with stone, brick, cement mortar and mud faska, the mud plaster on the wall above the Chajjas could not withstand the slow and steady rain that came down unceasingly for 72 hours. The walls leaked. Like lizards on walls, rats in the kitchen, mosquitos in the rooms, and ants on the floors this was a message from Nature …. Continue reading →

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ऋषि कृषि – Rishi Krishi

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Harsh Singh Lohit

    The English word Agriculture[1] from mid 15th Century CE is rooted in the Late Latin Agricultura comprising ager and cultura. Ager is field and Cultura, cultivation. Agriculture is defined as “The art or science of cultivating the ground, … Continue reading →

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Livelihoods, Inequality and Ecologically Sustainability

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Harsh Singh Lohit

The Problems of Livelihoods, Inequality and Ecologically Sustainability in India “The challenge is to imagine a path in which the fruits of technological progress are more widely enjoyed and in which the economy provides remunerative, stable and meaningful work that … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: World Food Fair 2017

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Harsh Singh Lohit

The Hindu of Saturday 4 November 2017 covered the World Food India conference and exhibition in Delhi with headlines on the Business page that informed me much about the development discourse centered around business, and the continuing neglect of agriculture and … Continue reading →

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Politicians and Bureaucrats of Haryana

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Harsh Singh Lohit

A version of this book review was first posted on-line on 21 October 2017 at https://theprint.in/2017/10/21/life-ias-review-peek-haryanas-corridors-power/    This is not the book of stories of rare men and women of high character, politician or bureaucrat, who arise from the masses … Continue reading →

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Tax Denial Satyagraha – Make Handmade Zero GST !

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Harsh Singh Lohit

Abhilash C.A Convenor Grama Seva Sangha #12, 5th Cross, Near Seetha Circle, Banashankari 1st Stage, Bengaluru-560050 Graama Seva Sangha | graamasevasangha@gmail.com Facebook.com/graamasevasangha | @gramasevasangha Phone: 080-26422118 | Mobile: 9008484880 / 9844659141  graamasevasangha.wordpress.com   Gram Seva Sangh  HANDMADE PRODUCTS WHY ‘ZERO … Continue reading →

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Natural Farming at Aman Bagh Part III: 2014-2017

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Harsh Singh Lohit

Our intensive farm operations continued, alongside a growing understanding of strategic issues. I started to understand the core message from Albert Howard and other natural farming pioneers: the forest is nature’s farm. No one waters the forest, no one manures … Continue reading →

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Natural Farming at Aman Bagh Part II: 2012-2014

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Harsh Singh Lohit

I had to absorb generations of knowledge while on the job, in addition to reviving forgotten traditional practices lost to ‘lazy’ chemical farming, for a natural farm to start to take shape on the sandy, degraded, low organic matter land … Continue reading →

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Natural Farming at Aman Bagh: an Introduction

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Harsh Singh Lohit

Farming Feeds Natural farming has been a journey of self-discovery and transformation since I first applied the sustainable ways of my peasant ancestors in early 2012 on 6 acres at Aman Bagh in south Haryana. My journey commenced with a … Continue reading →

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