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60-year-old Ramsurat Sahni gathers and harvests makhana. Age has made wading into the water difficult, but his skill remains unmatched.

Inside Bihar’s Makhana Economy: How Mithila’s Ponds Sustain Rural Lives

Sharat Chandra prasad

16 Jan 2026

9 min read

Wastewater, often untreated drains into water bodies in India

FAQ: What is antibiotic resistance, and why should India worry about it?

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

16 Jan 2026

11 min read

Remembering Dr Madhav Gadgil: Ecologist, environmental thinker, and champion of people-led conservation

Remembering Dr Madhav Gadgil: Ecologist, environmental thinker, and champion of people-led conservation

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

12 Jan 2026

4 min read

A panel discussion moderated by Divyang Waghela, Tata Trusts (L). Panelists seen are Manas Satpathy, PRADAN (M) and Sunderrajan Krishnan, INREM (R).

What does water security really mean for rural India beyond infrastructure?

11 Jan 2026

7 min read

Celebrating the legacy and reflecting on the future of India’s groundwater

Celebrating the legacy and reflecting on the future of India’s groundwater

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

09 Jan 2026

8 min read

Cleanliness rankings frequently neglect a critical safety factor: the condition of the buried pipelines that deliver drinking water

The science of safe water is clear. Why did Indore still get it wrong, and how can citizens stay safe?

09 Jan 2026

9 min read

Aerial view of the thermal power plant construction in Mirzapur

Can Mirzapur afford a coal power plant when its rivers, forests, and farms are already running dry?

Brijendra Dubey

09 Jan 2026

14 min read

The future of this micro-economy is intimately tied to the ecological health and cultural centrality of the river itself. Efforts to clean the Godavari, regulate effluent, and maintain safe, accessible ghats are not just environmental or heritage projects – they are, in a very real sense, livelihood protection measures.

How the Godavari at Panchavati sustains Nashik’s sacred economy of priests, pilgrims, and vendors

07 Jan 2026

12 min read

The Thajiwas glacier in Sonamarg shows bare rock and shrinking ice, where once snow spread thickly across the valley floor.

How Thajiwas glacier tells a larger story of Kashmir’s climate

28 Dec 2025

11 min read

Open drains, harbingers of ill health. Image for representation only.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Roorkee’s urban drainage networks at Uttarakhand

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

24 Dec 2025

4 min read

The mighty Ganga, India’s lifeline

Ganga River Basin shows growing drought stress amid changing monsoon

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

19 Dec 2025

6 min read

Farooq Ahmad Dar sits in his boat on Anchar Lake, where he once fished for his family. The lake's pollution has now taken away his livelihood.

How toxic landfill waste is affecting livelihoods around Kashmir’s Anchar lake

17 Dec 2025

9 min read

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