Local protectors as national stakeholders Article It is important to recognise the role and knowledge of indigenous communities and make them active partners in drafting and implementing India’s water policies. By Ranjan K Panda
PODCAST - Clearing the Air: Asia’s fight against air pollution Article and Podcast From New Delhi to Bangkok to Seoul, Asia is facing the world’s most serious air pollution catastrophe. Experts say this poor air quality becomes fatal with the onset of heat waves and drought from climate change, but citizens are coming up with their own solutions to tackle the dirty air. By Chermaine Lee
PODCAST - Clearing the Air: Asia’s fight against air pollution Article and Podcast From New Delhi to Bangkok to Seoul, Asia is facing the world’s most serious air pollution catastrophe. Experts say this poor air quality becomes fatal with the onset of heat waves and drought from climate change, but citizens are coming up with their own solutions to tackle the dirty air. By Chermaine Lee
Expansion of the hazardscape in Assam Article Assam in Northeast India has become more vulnerable than ever as millions have been displaced by floods due to excess pre-monsoon rains followed by a rain deficit. Aiding this vulnerability is a large infrastructure push in these regions primarily by the Central Government. In this article, we report the 2022 floods as the disaster unfolded in the state. By Anupam Chakravartty and Jyotirmoy Saharia
Understanding youth protests and activism in India’s northeast Conversation India’s northeast has had a chequered history of youth movements and has been home to some of the recent strong pro-democracy movements in the country. Being young in India’s northeast necessitates acts of social interventions of various kinds. In this conversation, Dr. Kaustubh Deka and Dr. Soibam Haripriya reflect on the locality of youth movements and the long history of the culture of protest in the region, as well as its larger resonance. By Haripriya Soibam and Kaustubh Deka
Understanding youth protests and activism in India’s northeast Conversation India’s northeast has had a chequered history of youth movements and has been home to some of the recent strong pro-democracy movements in the country. Being young in India’s northeast necessitates acts of social interventions of various kinds. In this conversation, Dr. Kaustubh Deka and Dr. Soibam Haripriya reflect on the locality of youth movements and the long history of the culture of protest in the region, as well as its larger resonance.
Hothouse India Article India has entered a new age of hot extremes that will get worse if we fail to limit global warming. By Chandra Bhushan
Disruptive Technologies: The Case of Indigenous Territories of Andhra Pradesh, India Article Sagari Ramdas shows how agribusiness use big tech and big data to fulfil their ‘sustainability goals’ from indigenous Adivasi farmers of Andhra Pradesh, India. It turns out to be a case of exploitation in the name of sustainability. By Sagari Ramdas
International Women’s Day: The diverse meanings of “work from home” for women in Asia Increase in domestic violence, lay-offs, care responsibilities, restrictions on domestic and international movement, economic insecurities, psychological burdens - these are just a few of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Asia in the last two years. The gendered nature of COVID-19 impacts is obvious and has sparked large feminist responses in the region. By Shalini Yog Shah
Your Health Data is Others’ Wealth Over the past few years, there has been a drive towards the digitisation of healthcare in India. Though policy frameworks have begun taking cognizance of this increasing datafication of health, they are responding to it within frameworks, which incentivise further datafication by considering health data to be a commodity. Recognising the intimate interconnections between our bodies and data through a feminist lens, an analysis of the health datafication in India through emerging developments under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) ecosystem is done, with a focus on private health insurance companies, and the implications for the bodies and rights of patients. By Radhika Radhakrishnan