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Understanding and evaluating India’s resource management methods, policies and strategies.

“It has become Acid”: Aravallis battle against Garbage Disposal and More

Written by Vaishnavi Rathore “When we were around 9 years old, we used to go to the bani, and you would not believe the kind...

Drowning India: Managing Floods in the Brahmaputra Valley

Written by Vaishnavi Rathore July 17th 2019 came with a mixed bag of developments for the Northeast; the escalating waters of river Brahmaputra reached 30.36...

Disaster Management in Kerala: Coming up Short and Dirty

Written by Tanay Gokhale Researched by Ayushi Ghosh The floods that ravaged Kerala were ruthless in their destruction. The physical damage to infrastructure is staggering; 11,000...

Flooded Bengaluru: Nature’s Wrath or Human Error?

Coauthored by Stuti Pachisia, Kartik Sundar and Chirag Chinnappa “It only has to rain heavily for a short while for the city to get completely...

Jheel Ke Kinaare: Crisis in the City of Lakes (Part II)

Filmed by Kartikeya Saxena Last month, we looked at one part of Udaipur's troubled water scenario; how Udaipur is burdened by the ever-increasing number of...

La-cost of Fast Fashion

Co-authored by Evita Rodrigues and Gopika Kumaran The global fashion industry employs over 60 million workers and generates $2.5 trillion in revenue worldwide every year....

50 Shades of Blue (Economy)

Co-authored by Simran Taneja and Aarathi Ganesan In-Depth For many developing countries, economic growth is facilitated by a booming manufacturing sector. Yet, in light of increasing...

Out of Breath: The Bhalswa Landfill

Filmed by Nabina Chakraborty Just a few kilometres further from Delhi’s Jahangirpuri metro station lies a ‘hill’ that will leave you staring at it in...

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Conservation, Rights and Exclusion in India’s Forests

Written by Arpitha Kodiveri “The Forest Department is not ready to share its power; it sees itself as a landlord of these forest areas. The...

Of Governance and Garbage

Written by Ahan Bezbaroa With rousing revelations, such as the IPCC’s recent Special Report that identified 1.5 degrees Celsius as the limit to which the...