#Dialogues: Implementing FRA in Northeast India with Amba Jamir & Ayesha Khosla
Edited by Malavika VN
What factors have stymied the effectiveness of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in Northeast India? What misconceptions prevent the FRA from...
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...
Seeking Rural Futures in the Northeast by Rethinking ‘Development vs Forests’
In the North East Region of India, forests have long been a site of struggle between people seeking to profit off its rich biodiversity...
Floods for Thought: Exploring Flood Management in India
Researched by Isha Malaviya
Narrated by Sumit Kumar Yadav
This year, in India alone, over 10 states have faced the devastating effects of floods- repeatedly. Between...
Looking for Answers: Africa’s Search for Development
Written by Philip Deweyi
Changes in power structures and economic boundaries are creating a more decentralized and interconnected world. Africa is the epitome of this...
The Hidden Politics of Forest Fire Management in Uttarakhand: The Van Gujjar Experience
Colonial forestry in Uttarakhand excludes forest dwellers like the Van Gujjars from forest management, making them doubly vulnerable to raging forest fires.
“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...
Jheel Ke Kinaare: Crisis in the City of Lakes (Part I)
Filmed by Kartikeya Saxena
One of the most popular tourist destinations in the subcontinent, Udaipur is burdened by the ever-increasing number of hotels around the...
A Point of No Return? Climate Crisis and COVID-19 Strains Nomadic Pastoralism in Rajasthan
This article is the final instalment of our series on how the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns impacted the livelihoods of three Indian...
Who is Benefitting in Indore District from Expensive Water Piped from the Narmada?
This is Part Two of a series on the Narmada Water Project in Madhya Pradesh. Read Part One: What Makes Indore’s Narmada Water Project...