Focusing on the Humans of Fieldwork Can Produce Better Quality Data
Data collection and surveys form the backbone of India’s social and development sectors. At a time when primary research on development issues is a...
Atwood’s Gilead: Is the 2019 Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill’s Blanket Ban on Commercial Surrogacy Justified?
Baby Manji’s birth in July, 2008, was the result of a contract between a Japanese couple and an Indian surrogate in Anand, Gujarat. The...
The 21st Century Needs A New Story
The history of civilisation is the history of great stories. Great stories have been told to humans for hundreds of years. For example, the...
Shifting Sands: The Story of Adapting to Rising Sea levels in Odisha
I. Rising Sea Levels Escalate Adaptation Concerns for the East Coast of India
Coastal areas are among the ecosystems most critically affected by climate change....
Lessons from Another Disaster: Revisiting Kachchh Amidst COVID-19
As humanity struggles to stay standing after the knock-out punch delivered by COVID-19, it may be useful to look at how we survived previous...
Rantas and other Enslaving Bogeywomen: Muslim Girlhood in Kashmir
The myth of the Rantas tells Kashmiri girls and women: beware of yourselves.
What the Humanities Can Teach Us During a Pandemic
Epidemics and pandemics are humanitarian crises and hence the subject of the Humanities, as much as they are the subjects of biomedical situations, biologists,...
Can Isha’s ‘Cauvery Calling’ Campaign Actually Save the Cauvery?
Editor's Note: The Isha Foundation was requested to contribute to this conversation with specific details on the Cauvery Calling's funding and implementation strategy. They...
Living in Toxicity: Industrial Pollution in Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi
Photographed by Sumit Mahar
Suleman is a stressed man. In May 2019, the Shimla High Court had passed a seemingly positive order, considering the relocation...
Trochus Trade in the Andaman Islands: How Top Shells from the Bottom of the...
This is the first instalment of a two-part series on trochus fishery and conservation in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Click here to read...
