Open Letter on Dams and Development
Dear All: Below excerpts from a remarkable “ Open Letter To Arundhati Roy“ (from more than 12 years ago) by Gail Omvedt.  What is remarkable about this piece is that Gail is far from an armchair critic....
Category: Enviroment Related
“Kaam Aadmi” Politics – Can it work?
In a recent, thought-provoking article in The Indian Express, Saubhik Chakrabarti wrote (emphasis added): …what any intelligent politician should offer in today’s India, is that scarce commodity in poverty-politics: the ability to play the...
Of Dangs, forest cover and the land of Shabari
Today’s post comes to you courtesy Milind Thatte. Milind is currently researching for his forthcoming book titled, “Our forests, Our people“. This is an excerpt from his work (emphasis added): *** Excerpt from “The...
Last night I dreamt of Kalindi…
Last night I dreamt of Kalindi… Kalindi, daughter of Shri Surya Dev and twin-sister of Yama who descends on this punya bhoomi at Kalind Shikhar, high up in the Garhwal Himalayas. But this was...
Of False Propoganda & Goebbelsian Lies: The Indus Water Treaty
Dear All: It is my pleasure to publish this extract from an article by Anupam Sarwaikar on the Indus Water Treaty (the full article can be downloaded here). In this extract, Anupam specifically talks...
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