South Indias Drought

South India's Drought Part 7: Kerala's efforts to revive water bodies bear fruit at grassroot level

The state government in Kerala is now on such a mission to ensure that future generations are saved from having to put up with such an acute crisis where the availability of water is not a distant dream even when temperatures soar.

South India’s Drought Part 8: Telangana, Andhra Pradesh reel under heatwave, but petty politics takes centrestage

In this piece, the author writes about the heatwave in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the political power play over it. As both the Telugu states called April a ‘cruel month,’ experts warn that May is likely to be even worse.

Kerala drought: Preservation of Western Ghats key to prevent water crisis in the long run

The rain god has spurned Kerala, endowed with 44 rivers and many backwaters, but the disaster is as much to do with nature as with humans.