Van Gujjars are doubly marginalised: for their tribal identity and their faith.

They are so powerless that even elections mean little for them.

Vineet Bhalla reports from Uttarakhand as the state goes to vote tomorrow.
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'...our community had been saying these dams are not feasible and yet governments went ahead and built them.”

For View from the Margins: Vaishnavi Rathore on how Sikkim's Lepchas are fighting against the damming of their holy river, the Teesta.

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Scroll.in will publish a new election series called 'View from the Margins'.

The aim: to try and understand how the powerless and voiceless have fared under a decade of Modi.

The SC's recognition of the 'right against adverse effects of climate change' establishes a significant legal precedent with far-reaching implications. It is anticipated to deeply impact public conversations on environmental issues and could shape forthcoming governmental

Is India ready for an election in extreme heat?

Tabassum and Vaishnavi Rathore analysed IMD data and found that on voting days in April, several constituencies may see temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius.

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Are party campaigners and voters ready for the extreme heat conditions coinciding with elections in India?
Tabassum and I report.

In Nov'23 I interviewed diverse affected residents of #Himachal 's capital to understand their perspectives & issues on recent landslide disasters. People's voices uncovered layers of truth hidden beneath colonial overburden. I write for Question Of Cities
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Environment clearances for projects shot up over twenty times between 2018-23, same period as when electoral bonds kicked in. Participation of mining, energy, infra sectors in EB scheme coincides with the steady erosion of env regulations in India. Story: india.mongabay.com/2024/03/major-…

ATTN: Journalists in Nepal! Internews’s @EarthJournalism Network is offering five grants of €4,500 each to media outlets in Nepal to support new media programming on natural resource management and green growth.

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Good indepth piece Vaishnavi Rathore on Bangalore's lakes

Crucially, zenrainman asks “Lakes were feudal constructs that have now entered into the time of democracy, so now, how do you democratically manage it?”

A superb in-depth article by our alumnus Vaishnavi Rathore on Bangalore's water crisis in Scroll.in scroll.in/article/106581… - with Azim Premji University

Guwahati is also witnessing an extreme water crisis in some parts of the city. The reasons are similar!

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Was thrilled to collaborate with Vaishnavi Rathore after she came up with the brilliant idea of studying communities around the lakes of Bangalore. Please read our story for this week's #CommonGround

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Bengaluru once had a thriving lake system that supplied the city with water.

The current water crisis is rooted in its decline, and the marginalisation of those who maintained the lakes.

Vaishnavi Rathore and Johanna Deeksha in Common Ground:

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How the neglect of lakes compounded Bengaluru’s water crisis

Vaishnavi Rathore and Johanna Deeksha report

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Bengaluru is reeling under a water crisis. Johanna Deeksha and I peek into history to write about how this is connected with the disappearing lakes in the city, and how citizen's changing relationship with the lakes has shaped it to its current form.

As Ladakh continues its protest demanding sixth schedule, reposting the piece we did last year around the same time when protests were on too. Residents pointed out towards the high rate of dev projects harmful to ecology that began since 2019

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#ProjectElectoralBond | Through several associated companies, renewable energy group #Greenko donated at least Rs 13 crore to the #BharatRashtraSamithi through #ElectoralBonds .

Anjana Meenakshi and Vaishnavi Rathore report: newslaundry.com/2024/03/23/ren…