Conservation scientist, studies biodiversity, conservation and ecology of human-forest interfaces with an interdisciplinary twist. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)
COVID-19, economic stagnancy and dignity of work
Bondage in Indian cities is far from gainful employment with dignity. The urban fear is many informal workers may have ‘reverse migrated&…
Why should only jumbos matter?
The outrage over the death of a pregnant elephant in kerala highlights our skewed notion of biodiversity and its conservation
Fire in the mountains
Researchers studying bird communities in Kumaon Himalayas detail the devastating effects of Uttarakhand's forest fires on wildlife and …
How clean are our forests?
The inordinate focus on cities and towns seems to suggest that garbage doesn’t occur elsewhere. But that is hardly so
Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya
The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them
Invasion of tiger reserve
Are religious pilgrimages only about faith and religion?