Paradoxically, while environmental concerns are rising globally, we have political leaders, some of them Indian, who are beholden to lobbies or are in denial of the problem
4 min read17 Oct 2019Working at night is simultaneously demanding and irresistible in some primeval way. For all of us, that sudden sighting of a creature in the narrow beam of a torch is a pure rush, unlike any other, with little other sensory distraction
4 min read1 Sep 2021Many people feel that there is a trade-off between short-term economic growth imperatives and the need to preserve the ecology and environment
4 min read10 Dec 2018As Indians, we haven't managed to build a hill station after independence, but we've destroyed the existing ones
4 min read10 Sep 2018Ecologist Madhav Gadgil, whose report on Western Ghats was rejected by the Kerala government, on what caused the Kerala floods and how the rebuilding process should be carried out
7 min read3 Sep 2018Had the dam reservoirs in Kerala been emptied ahead of the onset of monsoon rains, damages from the floods would have been lower, shows analysis
3 min read21 Aug 2018The best way to safeguard marine ecology is to empower fishing communities, says The Research Collective's Siddharth Chakravarty
6 min read12 Aug 2018Trees matter because they have the power to shape our lives and our memories
4 min read30 Mar 2018A recent example shows how oil exploration and refining are blocking off the migratory paths of wild elephants
2 min read27 Mar 2018Madras Naturalists' Society says the idea behind the census is to identify neighbourhoods in the city where sparrows still exist
2 min read22 Mar 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared