From our 'Idea of the Indian' series — verses by Malathi Maitri and Aditi Angiras
Assam's Bengal-origin Muslims have found a voice — of protest, of hope and love — in the words of Miyah poetry.
While India and Bhutan embark on a new hydropower venture with the Sankosh dam, many issues remain unaddressed, related to the two countries, tribals, wildlife and monetary risk.
Local Goa community actively pursues conservation of the Bondov Lake, which is on a high-value real estate area. Their efforts have yielded a consultation that will potentially declare area a wetland.
Bengaluru city's Kempegowda Bus Station, known locally as Majestic, is 50 years old, celebrating its Golden Jubilee on 2 June. it is a hub for transport, the city's central bus stand, and a place that contains innumerable stories.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has kick-started its second term by setting the ball rolling for “structural” reforms in agriculture, by announcing a task force under the NITI Aayog.
With the rapid disappearance of insects, whose cause is attributed largely to their displacement because of urbanisation, the alarming fact is that India lacks records of its insects. Preserving insect population is an urgent priority.
South Asia houses 15 of the world's 20 most polluted cities in the world, with such high levels of air pollution that toxic smog has become part of every day life of residents.
Addressing inequitable water supply is at the heart of water management, and many start-ups and young entrepreneurs are slowly making decentralised water management a reality.
Cyclone Fani survivors battle severe mental health problems. A growing body of research has pointed to linkages between mental health and environmental stressors exacerbated by climate change.
The Mission District is a Latino hub in San Francisco that also has the densest collection of street murals in all of California. If you are a street art enthusiast, this should be your first stop when you go exploring the city.
Sadhvi Pragya's candidature was seen by many within the Sangh as an experiment to test the limits of a country, which is in the process of a churning — a process which rests on the imagination of the Hindu Rashtra.
The Pao of Love, an Instagram page capturing how Mumbai likes its romance, has managed to squeeze stories out of the city’s promenades and back alleys, packaged as one-minute-reads for a social media-dependent readership. Although some submissions to the page are about love that is as wounding as comforting, it is stories of romantic love that hold the series together. After navigating the thorny terrains of intimacy, the series often leaves a lingering sense of hope behind, sometimes meditative, bereft of the initial bitterness of heartbreak.
My body is the repository of trauma and pain. I have always known this. In my years of being a writer I have realised that there is nothing better than a poem to explain the role physical ailments play in bringing the residues of that trauma, the pain, into our consciousness.
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — expected to be the most-watched edition of the tournament in history — will showcase how much progress the women’s game has made over the years.
Rail and road projects have divided the Rajaji National Park — one of India’s 50 tiger reserves — into two parts, with a massive impact on the tiger and elephant population
Pride Parades held after the Supreme Court’s historical decision in 2018, to strike down parts of Section 377, have seen a massive increase in attendance. The Pune Pride Parade was no different; roaring slogans about inclusivity, gratitude towards the Supreme Court, and considerably fewer covered faces defined the event.
Experts' discovery of plastic in the faeces of the black-necked cranes has raised new concerns around the health, safety and long-term survival of the endangered species
As illegal wildlife trade flourishes along new trade routes to China, the endangered pangolin is disappearing from Sindh, one of Pakistan’s biggest provinces
Research shows that most forests in India are highly resilient to the impacts of climate change. However, contrary to government claims, forest cover continues to decline due to human activity.
The celebrated elephant that was paraded for the Thrissur Pooram has a history of running amok. Climatic changes have made life tougher for elephants and they often rebel.
Puri district was found to be the most affected by Cyclone Fani. The days that followed the storm were a story of desperation and community, of serpentine lines outside government offices and the endless wait for relief supplies
Anuja Mital and Sneha Dharwadkar host a celebration every year on World Turtle Day, with a week-long spotting event. They also run a Facebook page called Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises of India, where they encourage people to post photographs of turtles and tortoises they have spotted all over India. Social media is a good outreach platform and we cannot conserve animals without the help of the community, they say.
The Mumbai coastal road project threatens the existence of marine life near the shore and endangers the livelihoods of the fishing communities too. Several photographers have been capturing the work-in-progress; the alarming pace of the construction prompted them to urgently highlight the species flourishing in the city’s seabed.
Through her animated project Enter Sultana’s Reality, artist Afrah Shafiq tells the stories of women who challenged societal conventions, such as Savitribai Phule and Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain. She delves into how reading was seen as something women had to do in addition to domestic work, how it was considered a non-threatening, decorative ability, not something empowering
Sediments will flow into the Brahmaputra about as fast as the river is dredged, negating the whole point of the exercise which will cost billions of rupees for India
Tucked away in the shadows of Kolkata’s biggest mosque — Nakhoda Masjid, Zakaria Street is the lesser known cousin of Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, Mumbai’s Mohammad Ali Road, and Hyderabad’s old quarters.
Photographer Juhi Saklani's exhibition Himan/Nature is a humanisation of trees, reminding people to care for them, in the wake of mass tree felling in Delhi
India's solar power programme has no policy to address waste. Leaching of these hazardous chemicals into the ecosystem can result in loss of biodiversity.
This was my first Himalayan trek and the climb from the small town of Mane Bhanjang in Darjeeling to Sandakphu, which straddles the West Bengal and Ilam borders, was an exciting prospect.