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I know that there’s a lot one can write in relation to climate change, but I want to begin my story with ash. It sounds a bit weird, I know, but I hope things will make more sense once I finish...
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One simmering March morning, farmer and activist Saraswati Kavvula navigates us to Kurmidda village, somewhere in the heartland of Telangana. We drive past fields, shimmering ponds and patches of...
View Article“The Narrative On Pastoralism Needs To Change”: An Interview With Nitya Ghotge
The world over — pastoralists are becoming a vanishing breed, even though they play a key role in the rehabilitation and sustainable management of fragile ecosystems. Today, India has nearly 34 million...
View ArticleBehind The Destruction Of Ennore-Pulicat Wetlands Lies A History Of Exploitation
Ennore Creek, situated at the interface of Pulicat Lake and the Kosasthalaiyar River, was once an estuary on Chennai’s northern shoreline. Today, it is surrounded by factories, coal-fired thermal power...
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Vibhu Sharma, 26 years old, now a Disability and Inclusion consultant of TheirWorld, remembers her traumatic childhood when she started losing her eyesight, “One teacher slapped me across my face for...
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As a 4000-year-old profession, the sex trade in India still resides amidst judicial obscurity. The only governing law is the Suppression Of Immoral Traffic in Women’s and Girl’s Act (1956), amended as...
View ArticleIn The Sunderbans, Salt-Tolerant Paddy Varieties Help Farmers Deal With Soil...
Tuhin Mondol, 26, picks up a dried lump of earth in his hands. It crumbles between his fingers and falls to the ground. “This is how you tell the soil is saline. Normal soil won’t crumble like this,”...
View ArticleFire And Might: How The Women Of Darmar Have Sustained Their Forests
In 2004 the eco-restoration of the Gagas River Basin in Uttarakhand was birthed under the wings of the Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation. In its fourth year, the project touched the Dusad...
View ArticleBring Your Books, Hijab And Haya To School
Kashmir being a Muslim majority region, religion has a major influence in deciding how someone gets an education. Though Kashmir has progressed into a comparatively liberal stance, some schools and...
View ArticleTaking Home Tuitions, Organising Baithaks For All: It Takes A Village In UP...
In the Mishroli village of Uttar Pradesh, Pinky, Rinku and Aarti get together at Pinky’s tailoring centre. They update each other with their day-to-day, discuss their period and spend the rest of the...
View ArticleOnce Offering Protection From Disasters, Pichavaram Mangrove Forests Face New...
Mangrove forests are considered to be the first line of defence against climate-change-induced impacts like coastal erosion and sea-level rise. In Tamil Nadu, however, they are under threat, making...
View ArticleWhat Role Does Education Play In Rehabilitation Of Women Prisoners?
Jails and prisons are traditionally associated with men. Indeed, an overwhelming percentage of incarcerated individuals all over the world are men. In India, the situation is no different. There are...
View Article“India Is Not Paying Enough Attention To Climate Migration”
It is estimated that over 62 million people in South Asia may be forced to migrate by 2050 due to slow-onset climate disasters like sea-level rise, water stress, ecosystem loss and drought. In 2018,...
View ArticleExplained: Common Pool Resources And How They Can Help Mitigate Climate Change
The world celebrated Environment Day on June 5 and the theme for this year was ‘Ecosystem Restoration’. The UN decade on ecosystem restoration, which was launched on World Environment Day 2021, aims to...
View Article“Youth Voices Need To Be Given Greater Importance In The Climate Discourse”
As a child, Abhiir Bhalla used to refrain from attending workshops on environmental awareness, faking stomach aches instead. Then, he realized the impact air pollution was having on his own health, and...
View ArticleA Dream That Lost Its Eyes: The Reality Of Studying In Kashmir
While we look at the disfigured face of Insha, lamenting the pellets, the brutality, the conflict that did this to her, Insha also wants to see her face. A doctor was what she wanted to become but...
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India’s NEP (National education Policy) 2020 seeks to empower children with disabilities through their integration and inclusion within the education system. To that end, the policy has suggested...
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