Reviving Tolerance Towards Street Dogs in Urban India
Much has been said about how the growth of Indian cities has affected wildlife, but not enough has been said about the multi-dimensional impacts of urbanisation on street dog welfare. Peaceful co-existence demands cooperative community-led solutions.
How Displacement by Dams Changed the Lives of Gujarat’s Women
One factor binds all the families displaced by dam building in Gujarat: the women experienced the resettlement differently from men.
From Waste to Water: How Recycling Wastewater Kills Many Birds with One Stone
Humanity is at a point where indiscriminate use and pollution of water has reached a tipping point. Increasing water scarcity will not only limit...
The System vs. the Ecosystem: Citizen’s conservation of the Surajpur Wetlands
Authored by Vaishnavi Rathore | This article is the final instalment of Vaishnavi's series 'Ecology and the City', which explores how complications in urban...
Where Do Communities Go When Areas are ‘Protected’?
Narrated by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
The number of national parks and reserves in India are increasing. Between 1987 and 2020, the numbers of...
“It’s Not Our Land to Give”: Tenancy and the Yamuna Floodplain Reservoir Project
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
A herd of buffaloes crosses the muddy path, one of which decides to roll around the expanse of mud he finds...
Divers’ Memories of Trochus Fishing in the Andaman Islands
This is the second instalment of a two-part series on trochus fishery and conservation in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Click here to read...
Your Corporator: The Elected Representative You Forget to Vote For
Corporators have the agency and opportunity to attend to, if not solve, the most immediate and proximate woes of an urban citizen. Yet, municipal elections continue to be one of the most ignored aspects of Indian democracy, with local politics playing subordinate to state and national politics.
The Making of Disaster Vulnerabilities in the Himalayas
Without focusing on migration and the loss of local knowledge and land systems in the Himalayas, the conversation on disaster management here is incomplete.
Even Your Recycled Synthetic T-Shirt is Killing the Fish in the Ocean
A few weeks ago, I watched the Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher which follows film producer Craig Foster’s journey as he meticulously tracks a...
