The Case of the Missing Sparrows: What can be done?
Here’s a haunting question to ask yourself: when was the last time you saw a House Sparrow fluttering about in your balconies or even...
A Dubious Affair: Examining Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project
Written by Harsh Ghildiyal
Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project was dreamt up over a decade ago. Expected to cost over ₹12,000 crore and be ready in...
Environment as a Journalism Beat, In Post-Independence India
There is a photograph from 1973, that I consider to be an iconic image. Taken in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal, it depicts four women, facing the...
La-cost of Fast Fashion
The global fashion industry employs over 60 million workers and generates $2.5 trillion in revenue worldwide every year. Its contribution to environmental degradation is...
The Shore Scene: PM-MSY’s Fisheries Development Promises Anything But Sabka Vikas
In a 2015 address delivered in Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi indulged in some curious historical revisionism worth considering today. “To me the blue...
“We Have Literally Cut and Presented Our Arms to the Government”: Mandi’s Fight to...
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
The curvy highway that cuts through Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district remains a busy one, with HRTC buses passing frequently. During the...
To Live or to Let Live? River Cauvery Is Lost for Words
Co-authored by Chirag Chinnappa, Gopika Kumaran and Aishwarya Birla
Pushed to the edge, the Cauvery river is the latest to join the growing list of...
In Her Opinion: Dolly Kikon on Resource Extraction in Northeast India
Coal and oil mining in Northeast India have come to light now and then, whether it’s the recent news of illegal coal mining in...
In Her Opinion: Neha Sinha on Conserving Amur Falcons in Nagaland
Even though it’s right under everyone's noses, not everyone develops a connection with the ecology surrounding them. But for Neha Sinha (NS), growing up...
Dialogues: Dr. Malini Bhattacharjee on the RSS, Seva, and Relief and Development
“What can one say about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that has not already been said before?”
The RSS, perhaps the focal organisation of...
