West Bengal

There have been reports of doctors not mentioning dengue on death certificates, even if that was what happened. Credit: StockSnap/pixabay

A Tale of Two Doctors and India’s History of Hiding Its Diseases

Tendu leaves from the East Indian ebony tree are a commonly collected non-timber forest product in India. The leaves are wrapped around tobacco to make local Indian cigarettes. Credit: Subhodkiran via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Community-Based Forest Management Work in the Tropics?

Women who remain on the island after the men migrate take shelter in a stilt house during floods.

Flood-Ravaged Islands of Sundarbans Need Women-Centric Interventions

Doctors are concerned that the West Bengal Clinical Establishments Act will mean that the hospitals they work for will put all the blame of any mishap on them. Credit: Reuters

Unless Morality and Medicine Combine, Regulating Private Medical Establishments Is a Must

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Credit: PTI

Bengal Flood Crisis Improves, Though Death Toll Reaches 31

Illegal sand mining is a rampant problem in the riverbed of the Ganga and along its banks, as seen on the stretch right in front of the Tribeni thermal power station in West Bengal. Credit: Image by Beth Walker

The Critical Gaps in West Bengal’s Sand Mining Reforms

Criminalising Forest-Dwellers Has Not Helped India’s Forests or Wildlife. It’s Time for a New Deal.