Since time encodes mortality, it is an enduring challenge to all forms of narcissism: Ranjit Hoskote
Poet, cultural theorist and curator Ranjit Hoskote speaks to Down To Earth on time in poetry and literature
Citizen science helping to prepare biggest-ever database on Indian wild canids
The Wild Canids–India Project, started by 5 researchers, is collecting hundreds of entries on 8 wild species belonging to the dog family …
Climate justice takes centrestage at UN, top European court in historic firsts
UN General Assembly passes resolution calling world’s highest court to opine on state responsibilities towards climate protection; European …
How Nanak used nature in his verses to drive home his point
Down To Earth speaks to musician and singer Rabbi Shergill about the poetry of Sikhism’s founder and its many allusions to facets of …
Grey hypocolius seen for the first time in the Thar
Found in North Africa and West Asia, the bird was photographed in two locations in Rajasthan
Gujarat's burgeoning crocodilopolis
Vadodara plans a park for crocodiles to keep their numbers and attacks on humans in check
`Indian Ocean has been the central theatre of human existence'
Economist, environmentalist, urban theorist, Sanjeev Sanyal wears many hats. He has written four bestselling books on Indian political history …
Mexico reserves 50% seats at all levels of government for women
Under the new set up, federal entities and the federal cabinet will have have an equal number of men and women
‘In a world in which wildlife is so threatened, the Indus dolphin is a rare good news story’
Gill Braulik, who has been studying Indus River dolphins in Pakistan for over 15 years, speaks to Down To Earth about the future of the animal in …
“तटीय भाषाएं चुका रही हैं परिवर्तन की कीमत”
भाषाविद गणेश देवी ने ऐसे अनूठे भाषा सर्वेक्षण का नया खंड प्रकाशित किया है, जो भूगोल और लोगों के स्थानीय दावों पर आधारित है।
International Vulture Awareness Day: What is the status of Indian vultures?
The legacy of diclofenac continues to cast a shadow over India’s vultures. However, efforts are being taken to revive populations&…
Water crisis in the Himalayas: story of urbanisation at the cost of environment
For four years, two academics and a photojournalist researched urbanisation in the Himalayas to bring out the deadly scams of human activities in …
Protect India’s scrublands to save the caracal: Dharmendra Khandal & Ishan Dhar
Down To Earth speaks to Dharmendra Khandal and Ishan Dhar of Tiger Watch about their new book on the caracal
Jallikattu, Kambala can go on in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, rules Supreme Court
Apex court upheld constitutional validity of amendments by 3 states to animal cruelty act
Yes, there were lions in Haryana till the early 1800s and the British wiped them out
Between 1809 and 1823, hundreds of Asiatic lions were killed in today’s Haryana by British officers, soldiers and Indian princes aligned …
Asani update: Cyclone to dissipate into sea after moving parallel to Andhra coast
Andhra Pradesh government assures all precautions taken in coastal districts; track of cyclone not unique, say experts
Regulation of GM food subject to life inside it: Activists decry Centre’s strange decision
The government must uphold its duty to regulate the environment, health and nature, activists say as a consignment of GM soya gets clearance
‘Indian civilian nuclear reactors should be opened to public scrutiny’
On March 11, authorities at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in southern Gujarat closed down one of its units as a precautionary measure …
The chronicles of Sundarbans
Stories of daily battle for survival of people in the world’s largest delta
Panthera Tigris: The puzzle that is tiger taxonomy
The jury is still out on how many types of tiger are found across Asia
PDS, public infrastructure helping Adivasis of Chhattisgarh, MP live with dignity despite lower income: PRADAN Report
Malnutrition, gender discrimination, lack of landholdings and education & declining forest produce major concerns
Rivers have always been a part of Punjabi and Sikh identity, memory
For 5,000 years, the five ‘torrents of water’ that flow through its plains, have fashioned Punjabi life and character
Indo-Gangetic Plain drying up? Water storage declined, ‘stream flow’ rose in Ganga, Indus basins last year, says WMO
Half a billion people live in the Indo-Gangetic Plain across Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh
There is a big discord between the past as it was and as it is constructed in the history of a nation: GN Devy
Down To Earth speaks to scholar, linguist and activist about his latest book on the ‘histories’ of Indians
Urban Menace: Down To Earth’s cover story on dogs, monkeys and pigeons in Indian cities
An in-depth look into why the populations of these animals are becoming unmanageable in urban landscapes