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AIR WATER SOIL
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FIRE
2 million years
TOOLS
1.5 million years
SYMBOLIC EXPRESSION
250,000 years
MOBILITY
50,000 years AGRICULTURE & SETTLEMENT
10,000 years
TECHNOLOGY & CRAFT
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SCIENCE
2000 years of education
KNOWLEDGE
50 years TODAY
TOMORROW?
HUMAN INTENTION TO VALUE CREATION
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CULTURE
KNOWLEDGE
SENSIBILITIES
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Skills for people
DESIGN for SOCIETY
Craft ecologies, socio-cultural
milieu and religious contexts
organised by regions into:
6 Zones
32 States & Union
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102 Metaclusters
600 Craft Clusters
600 Crafts in locations.
HANDMADE IN INDIA:
An access book on the diversity of crafts of India.
A key resource for education
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, INDIA
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TOWARDS A POST-MINING ECONOMY
Concept & Illustration: M.P. Ranjan
Design & Layout: Aparna Ranjan