“With Dehradun’s Airport Expansion, We are Shooting Ourselves in the Foot”
Two years ago, drivers on the Doiwala-Rishikesh-Dehradun road were in for a surprise. An elephant walked onto the road. Traffic was disrupted and people...
Hooked! Angling for Conservation
I was just a young boy when I caught my first fish. I felt excitement, anticipation and adrenaline all at once, as if I...
Whose Olympics is it Anyway? The Edokko Dilemma
What elements have complicated Tokyo’s ability to assure the world that the Olympics will be held amidst a pandemic?
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...
Education in Times of COVID: Re-centering Our Public Schools
Suspending all educational activities that involve large gatherings at least until May 3rd has brought about significant changes to schools’ academic cycles, board examination...
Unravelling Pune’s COVID-19 Migrant Crisis: History Speaks
As Pune’s boundaries become more fluid, ‘Puneris’—a historically nuanced descriptor that includes migrant groups—are diversifying too.
As We May Teach: The Neuroscience Behind Technology-Based Learning
This article is the second instalment of Aparna Ramanujam's two-part series 'As We May Teach' which evaluates the privacy concerns and cognitive learning aspects...
How Can Our Schools Create More Financially Literate Citizens?
As another financial year comes to a close and a controversial exam season begins, ask yourselves this: isn’t it ironic that we teach our...
Clash of the Toolkits: Where Farmers’ Concerns and Environmental Activism Converge
When we blame farmers for polluting the environment, we completely miss the intersection that exists between food production, ecology, and the threat that neo-liberal market reforms pose.
Uttarakhand’s Forest Fires: Communities’ Voices on why they Recur
The Uttarakhand forest fires are in the news again. As various photos of raging fires circulated on social media, the Forest Department issued statements...
