A village takes women's empowerment into its own hands...Read on to learn about Purkal Village and its grassroots movement, Stree Shakti. Images and experiences recounted from my visit to Purkal in 2014.
I Am Woman, See Me Soar
Jaws of Extinction: The Plight of the Gharial
The long-snouted gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) has been my favourite crocodilian from the moment I saw one at the Madras Crocodile Bank at the age of six. Well, to be specific, there must have been at least ten floating lazily in the brackish water of their enclosure, but it was feeding time, and one particularly ambitious…
Final Showdown: Wetlands vs. Development in Mumbai’s Vasai
As Mumbai gears up for yet more meaningless development, citizens can bid adieu to the wetlands that have protected their health and property for decades. The lack of value that India has shown thus far to her wetlands will only succeed in further degrading our environmental and public health. Wetlands in India are comprised of…
Killer Roadways: Can Conservation and Development Occur Side-by-Side?
Roads link human settlements...and fragment wildlife habitat. One of the driving forces behind the movement to designate and build wildlife corridors was to avoid the hazards that roads pose towards wildlife. Roads travel through rare and limited habitats and niches, divide territories of large wildlife, and impede the free dispersal of migratory terrestrial species, such as elephants...
On Life and Wildlife 