Behind the Trail of Chhattisgarh’s Coal Rush
Savitha Rath is telling me a story, as she stands at a T-junction which is one of the few places with good phone connectivity....
Shared Atmosphere, Equal Responsibility? Enter, Climate Debt
One of the greatest scientific discoveries was made in the 1700s. It was the realization that coal could be used to turn water into...
Privatizing Coal: Things To Know
In the hopes of infusing new life into the Indian economy, the Government of India has opened up coal production in the country to...
Our Radio, Our Voices: Bundelkhand’s Community Radio offers Climate Solutions
On 25 March, as a preventive step to curb the spread of the Coronavirus, India was put under a complete lockdown. As inter-state public...
The Shore Scene: Locked Down In a Fishing Town
In early March 2020, I traveled to Malvan, where, for the past three years, I’ve been studying the fisheries in the region. Malvan is...
The Risky Business of Large Hydropower Dams
On 23 April 2020, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC)—the panel under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change that approves forest clearance for...
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...
Changing Notions of Human-Leopard Conflict around Jhalana Leopard Reserve, Jaipur
The news of a pregnant elephant dying after consuming a pineapple filled with crackers in Kerala has been doing the rounds. The fact that...
Creating Resilient Livelihoods in the Sundarbans, Sans Embankments
It was the 1790s. Tillman Henkel, a magistrate appointed by the newly-arrived British, was a busy man. He had the task of developing an...
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...
