Riverine and Climate Discourses in Chars of Bangladesh: A Conversation with Naveeda Khan
Naveeda Khan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, and affiliate faculty of…
Challenging My Own Lens: Epistemic Reflections on Gender, Caste and Conservation Leadership in Central Himalayas – Kavya Pandey
In April 2024, I embarked on a field study in the Central Himalayas of India to investigate the complex interplay…
Governing Forests: State, Laws, and Citizenship in India’s Forests by Arpitha Kodiveri (2024): A Review by Saurabh Hatkar
On 26th June 2024, I presented my first-year board paper review with external examiners Sophie Haines and Clare Barnes, both…
A Cross-Border Dialogue on the Himalayas
Rahul Ranjan Lecturer in Environmental and Climate Justice Moderator Department of Geography, School of Geosciences University of Edinburgh Moderator Rahul…
‘Ecological Refugees’ in Indian Cities? A Metropolitan Perspective – Ritika Rajput
Kavita, a migrated cold-water seller outside a Delhi metro station, is exposed to the horrendous heatwaves of Delhi. She directly…
Keep Out: How India’s Forest Department Defines Its Jurisdiction – Divya Godbole
In March 2023, a Sarus crane that Mohammed Arif Khan from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district had cared for was confiscated…
River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India by David Haberman (2006): A Review by Ankit
David Haberman’s River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India (published by the University…
Tigers are Our Brothers: Anthropology of Wildlife Conservation in Northeast India by Ambika Aiyadurai (2021): A Review by Rashid Khadher
Local ecological perspectives and their role in conservation have long been a talking point for scholars across different disciplines (e.g.,…
Rivers as Narratives: A review of “Moving Upstream Ganga” – Rahul Ranjan
Facing downwards, sideways, or sometimes hazed, the camera forms an angular relationship with the river, as Siddharth wrestles as he…
Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in North East India (2020) by Dolly Kikon: A Review by Pratisha Borborah
The book Living with Oil and Coal by Dolly Kikon is an ethnographic work done in the foothills of Assam…