Arpita Chakrabarty

Arpita Chakrabarty is a freelance journalist covering development, environment and culture.

Arpita Chakrabarty

White-bellied musk deer are highly vulnerable because of the musk pod they carry in their abdomen (Photo: Surajit Das)

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Fading scent of musk deer

Arpita Chakrabarty

14 Sep 2016

5 min read

About 90
per cent of
Uttarakhand's
rural population
meets its water
needs from
springs (Photo: Arpita Chakrabarty)

Parched hills

Arpita Chakrabarty

02 Aug 2016

7 min read

Uttarakhand
government has
already spent over
Rs 85 lakh on water used
by choppers to control
forest fires in the state

Dousing flames

Arpita Chakrabarty

16 May 2016

18 min read

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