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For Australians, “pokies” usually means the electronic gaming machines found in pubs, clubs and casinos across cities such as Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.…

High-limit pokies attract Australian players with larger stakes, bigger potential payouts, and access to progressive jackpot features. Yet the size of a wager…

Buffaloes depend on clean water, safe grazing and uncontaminated fodder to produce healthy milk. When rain carries insecticides, herbicides or fungicides from…

Across the Himalayan foothills, buffalo husbandry is closely connected with food, income, mobility and household resilience. When an animal is processed, its…

For Van Gujjar families, political representation is closely connected to everyday survival. Seasonal movement, access to forests, buffalo husbandry, grazing…

Van Gujjars are traditionally mobile buffalo pastoralists living across the Himalayan foothills and forest landscapes of northern India. Their seasonal…

For Van Gujjar families in the Himalayan foothills, education is valued through the opportunities it may create for children and communities. Schooling can…

For pastoral families, a spring, stream, pond or shaded seep can determine where animals graze, when households move and whether a seasonal route remains…

Maternal health is shaped by nutrition, healthcare access, household income, cultural practices, and the wider environment. During pregnancy and breastfeeding,…

For Van Gujjar families in the Himalayan foothills, a local fair is far more than a place to purchase household goods. Seasonal gatherings connect pastoral…