Books

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Engineer’s Day: The Little Known Histories of Indian, British Engineers Before 1947

Aparajith Ramnath 15/09/2018

In the period between the World Wars, homegrown Indian...

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Review: An Ode to the Spirit of a Tiger Scientist Who Fought the System

Bahar Dutt 28/08/2018

A review of 'The Rise and Fall of the...

AIIMS students raising awareness about mosquito-borne illnesses in a Delhi slum. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Review: Catalysing an Insurrection Within India’s Healthcare System

Shah Alam Khan 04/08/2018

In 'Health Beyond Medicine', Vikas Bajpai and Anoop Saraya...

A forest. Credit: Bala Karthikeyan and Pavan Guda

A Forest Is a Story, and Two New Books Narrate It Through the Perfect Eyes

Neha Sinha 18/07/2018

In India, forest-dwellers are seen in binaries, sidelining a...

National Tiger Conservation Authority, man-eaters, tigress Avni, man-eater, tranquilising gun, nawab, Nawab Shafat Ali Khan, forest department, environmentalism, wildlife veterinarians, tiger reserves,

Sanjay Gubbi’s ‘Second Nature’ Is a Field Guide to Future Conservationists

Rishika Pardikar 15/07/2018

The book is a good step towards creating an...

National Commission of Scheduled Tribes, Indian Forest Service, agonism, conservation, forest ecosystem, National Forest Policy 2018, Forest Conservation Act, Wildlife Protection Act, National Forest Policy, forest-dependent communities, hegemony, subaltern, forest produce, tribals, tribal welfare,

Our Intimate Connection to Trees Isn’t Just About Clean Air

Monobina Gupta 01/07/2018

In times as noisy as these, do we have...

A reading corner. Credit: Jo McGowan Chopra

The Magic of Reading Out Loud to Kids

Jo McGowan Chopra 30/06/2018

While it is important to keep speaking to your...