Beastly tale

Tigers disappearing in Sariska are a sign of an even more terrible malaise

River of joy

Rejuvenation of the Ruparel river in Rajasthan has brought about a wave of prosperity in the region. The gains are manifold

Illegal mining stages a comeback

The boundary shrinks

What Sariska's taught us

Tigers vanish while tiger-wallahs flourish

The birds sing...

...A lament for forest change at Sariska

A new paradigm

Who will join the dots and make it possible?

Of large carnivores and humans

How does a civilisation relate to the environment? To find out, study its attitude towards large carnivores. Europeans have tried to dominate …

Tourists are convenient scapegoats

The Tiger Task Force's report is blinkered to the forest departments' ommissions

Sick in sanctuary

Villagers remove road barrier in Sariska

Breaking the ice

The long-standing people-wildlife dispute in Sariska Tiger Reserve is closer to a resolution

Despite ban, mines thrive in Sariska reserve

A Supreme Court order demanding immediate closure of about 250 mines in and around the Sariska Tiger Reserve has evoked little response from the …

Time to tell the truth, again

Unsettling

The reality of resettlement in Orissa

Sting in the tale

2006: the tiger re-appears

Maneaten

When news that there were no tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, hit national headlines, ritu gupta went fact-finding: what exactly was …

Creating history in a hurry

High and dry

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

Middle path of conservation

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Tigers and tribals

Lies, deceit and relocation

People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights

The goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …

Debate over effects of biomass extraction in forests