The lost pride

In Court

Wish upon a lake

Will Kalpasar quench Saurashtra's thirst?

Ghost act

Gujarat pollution control board smacks industries

Good housekeeping

Traditional architecture makes for better homes

Amongst footloose workers

Reminiscences from a visit to Alang about 10 years back

Book Excerpt: The relationship between the Anavils and Dublas of South Gujarat

Dutch sociologist Jan Breman’s new book talks about the social history of bondage in India  

From 19% seasonal deficit to 106% excess rain in 24 hours: Warning signals from Gujarat

Gujarat showed a complete reversal of circumstances in a matter of 10 days; its drought changed into deluge  

Activists point to ‘frightening trend’ of wild elephants being brought into captive elephant trade

Activists raise red flag after yet another instance of elephants being transported from Arunachal to Gujarat is discovered

Troop of ‘Blue Langurs’ spotted in Gujarat’s chemical paradise Ankleshwar

Ankleshwar’s chemical units have wrought havoc on its air and water and have caused adverse impacts on the health of human and non-human …

No offshore wind project has commenced in India: Are we on track for 30 GW by 2030?

Some 195 GW of technological offshore wind potential in India’s EEZ still unharnessed

COVID-19: Rural Gujarat screaming for help, but who’s listening

Lack of COVID-19 testing and medical personnel has led to chaos and turmoil in Gujarat’s rural areas

Breaking a ship at Alang can be toxic, shows Dutch docu

It shows how a Dutch-owned, but Bahamas and Palau-flagged ship contaminated with mercury was broken at Alang despite warnings against doing so

Banni Maldharis approach NGT with reneged community forest rights claims

Banni Breeder Association, an organisation of pastoralists, want the titles recognising the community's claimed rights

Gujarat government backtracks on granting CFR rights to Maldharis 

Despite granting 47 Community Forest Rights in 2015, the government, through a notification dated September 27, has asked for surveying the land, …

Kerala submits revised recommendations on Kasturirangan Report

The Kasturirangan Committee has been set up to suggest measures to conserve the ecology of the hill range

'Lions’ presence in human-dominated areas is neither new nor surprising'

Wildlife expert and authority on Gir lions Ravi Chellam, who is currently the executive director of Greenpeace India, talks about attacks on humans

Neglect robs Saurashtra park of greenery

A wilderness park nurtured carefully by a former maharaja of Bhavnagar looks decrepit today, with its resources plundered and its wildlife dwindling.

Women build where others destroy

Why do women who attempt changes in local land use patterns meet with so much hostility?

Hell-Hole

Gujarat industrialists are building a site to dump toxic wastes in Nandesari. The plans of the landfill, however, are severely flawed and it …

Guiding growth

When nothing seemed to stop the desertification of the Banni grasslands, a government institution stepped in and showed the people how they …

Save our democracy

The death of an activist in Gujarat following his arrest and the recent arrest of social workers in Uttar Pradesh gives rise to a number of questions

Making waves

The rain dance over water harvesting structures is on. But it's also time for the government to think of making them sustainable

Initial forays

Book>> Unlocking E-government Potential Concepts, Cases and Practical Insights by Subhash Bhatnagar Sage 2009

Hell and high water

The incendiary Sardar Sarovar Dam project came to a head on March 15 this year, when Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) agitators, led by the …