Society, Culture, Religion and History
The fast disappearing traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan
posted 1 week 6 days agoIt has been four years since Anupam Mishra Ji, the stalwart environmentalist who had worked his entire life promoting the water harvesting techniques of Rajasthan, left. In his book, Anupam Ji extensively talks about how the water tankas (structures) were historically valued by the communities and were maintained regularly and governed through community participation.

Not in the interest of women farmers!
posted 1 month 1 week agoThree farm-related Bills were recently passed in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which have subsequently received presidential assent.

Embankments in Bihar: The inapt and futile defence against floods
posted 2 months 3 weeks agoWhat is the history of floods in Bihar and why is it prone to floods?

Women hold the key to dietary diversity
posted 2 months 4 weeks agoEvidence world over shows that small scale agricultural production does very little to deal with malnutrition and food insecurity among rural poor.

Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in Kerala
posted 3 months agoIn Kerala, around half the urban population and 80% of the rural population depend on open wells on their domestic water needs. But in the last decade, the majority of observatory wells recorded an average annual decline of half a meter.

A rainbow recovery post-COVID
posted 3 months 1 week agoThere is a disquieting hush across the world as the linkage between the planet’s health and human well-being became pronounced during the times of the pandemic. The deepening socio-economic and ecological crises caused by patterns of production and consumption are being increasingly recognised.

Forests, the fast disappearing treasure troves of forest dwellers
posted 3 months 1 week agoForests are disappearing at a fast rate in India.

How forest-dwelling communities are braving the pandemic
posted 3 months 1 week agoThe pandemic and lockdown measures have had a drastic impact on a large population of poor and marginalised communities, causing loss of livelihoods and employment, food insecurity and socio-economic distress. While vulnerabilities, atrocities and injustices faced by forest communities due to forest, conservation and economic policies have increased d

Water wisdom of the Gonds of Garha Mandla
posted 3 months 1 week agoThe Gond dynasties mainly flourished in the Central highlands of India. This region includes Sagar, Bhopal, and nearly half of Narmada valley, including the flanks of Vindhya and the Satpuda mountain ranges of southern Madhya Pradesh. The principal states of the Gonds were Garha-Mandla (1300 to 1789), Devgarh, Kherla and Chanda.

Poor implementation of forest rights act hurts tribals
posted 3 months 1 week agoIn pre-colonial times, India’s forestlands were mostly under the use of the local communities. Forest policies led to centralisation in colonial times with forestland being subject to commercial over-exploitation for revenue generation purposes. This, in turn, led to land alienation of forest dwellers and an overall increase in deforestation.
