Jay Mazoomdaar
Read biographyRecipient of a number of journalism awards and prizes, including those from International Press Institute, Commonwealth Press Union and Prem Bhatia Trust, for his investigative reports, Jay Mazoomdaar’s focus is on environment, development, community and conflict. An independent journalist based in Delhi, he also dabbles in political and sports writing and films occasional documentaries.
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India has simply not invested in protecting tigers
Guns alone cannot protect our open, crowded forests, we need reliable local intelligence. But before the fight can start, forest bureaucracy must stop denying that poaching
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Why thriving wildlife trade should not surprise anyone
The customary headlines that follow every CITES meeting were reeled out last week after a string of media releases from Bangkok on 7 March. There is global anguish over the shocking numbers -- seizures amounting to 1425 dead tigers from 12 tiger range countries between 2000 and 2012, or, more #ConnectTheDots #Tiger poaching #Wildlife
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Does Chidambaram really read his ‘favourite poet’?
Saint Thiruvalluvar, the union finance minister’s “favourite poet”, was not invoked till the very end of his budget speech this time around. Instead, P Chidambaram began by spelling out the lofty goal of “higher growth leading to inclusive and sustainable development”. But the budget he went on to present deviated #Budget 2013 #Ecological balance #TheySaidIt #Thiruvalluvar
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Delhi gangrape case: Reducing juvenile age is pointless, so is media trial
Nothing, said a science fiction writer, is always absolutely so. Yesterday, responding to a question on reducing the age of juveniles from the existing 18 years to 16, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir pointed out that only Parliament, and nobody else, could take such a decision. Warning against #Delhi gangrape casem #Juvenile Justice Act #Media Trial #OnOurMind
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Karnataka’s conservation fix: To fetch water for tigers or not
It is nature versus nurture, with a twist. The green fraternity is engaged in a strange battle in Karnataka over artificially replenishing waterholes in tiger reserves in the dry summer months. While one group has lashed out against the decision of the state forest department to do so, others feel #ConnectTheDots #National Tiger Conservation Authority #Wildlife Conservation Act
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Our national security plan: Racing China to disaster
After Bollywood, distrust of Pakistan and cricket (not necessarily in that order), what unites most Indians is our fear of China. The RSS worries about the Chinese cyber threat. The CII is wary of cheap Chinese hardware. Our pharmas are jittery about their dependence on imports from China. Even our #Brahmaputra #Ch-India #InMyOpinion #Tibet
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The growth vs green debate: Not in the name of the poor
As the growth versus green debate intensifies with the Environment ministry issuing benchmarks for marking no-go areas, the coal ministry and the NHAI building pressure for clearances through the PMO and the National Investment Board being rechristened as Cabinet Committee on Investment, both sides are building their
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The growth vs green debate: Not in the name of the poor
As the growth versus green debate intensifies with the Environment ministry issuing benchmarks for marking no-go areas, the coal ministry and the NHAI building pressure for clearances through the PMO and the National Investment Board being rechristened as Cabinet Committee on Investment, both sides are building their case on the #Development #forests #InMyOpinion #MINING #natural resources #tribals
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Kamal Haasan to Ashis Nandy: Tragedy of hypersensitive India
Consider this story: A is a rich person married to B, who is another rich person. They have two children, C and D. There is also E, an underage help or a pet animal, who/which is generally ill-treated by the family but particularly likes B. A is in a relationship with a #Ashis Nandy #HowThisWorks #Jaipur Literature Festival #Kamal Haasan
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From Sariska to Manas, how we squander second chances
Last week, a rhino was found dead in Assam’s Manas national park. It bore marks of 12 bullets from an AK-47. It was gunned down in apparently the best protected part of the park close to three anti-poaching camps. Its horn, nails and tail were missing. The rhino was not #rhinos #ThatsJustWrong #Tigers #translocate animals