Ailing Glaciers: Aerosol Warming the Himalayas-Insights from Prof. Naresh Chandra Pant on glaciers, air pollution and climate change
The Himalayan glaciers face significant climate change and air pollution threats. In this episode of GnY-Live, Professor N C Pant, a renowned geologist and a cryospheric expert, discusses the impact o...
Drone Monitoring for Bettering the Air: Insights from Dr K J Ramesh on Science, Policy, and Technological Solutions
Air pollution in India is an escalating environmental and public health concern, contributing to a rise in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In this episode of GnY Live, Dr K J Ramesh, former D...
Nothing Pink About Your Health: In Conversation with Dr. Arvind Kumar on Health, Advocacy, and Action
Our lungs, the first respondents to the air pollution crisis, are no longer pink. It is spottled black and grey. Learn how risky the air is from the eye-opening revelations of Dr Arvind Kumar, Chairma...
IMPACT ARTICLES
Land and Livelihood: Debating the Land Acquisition Law
The New Land Act of 2013 was meant to remove the historic injustice perpetrated on land owners and sought to incorporate those dependent on agricultural land for livelihood. However, proposed amendmen...
Changing Patterns of Consumption 2008
The village of Isapur Sarki, home to 140 Hindu families, boasts of painted pucca houses and brick laid roads – a veritable picture of a prosperous Indian village. About 50 per cent of the farmers have...
The Polyandrous Jaunsari
Shared among brothers, a Jaunsari woman suffers multiple masters. With gender relations biased against women, single marriage norms need to be encouraged to mitigate the problem.
Weather Anomalies
Winters and summers are touching extremes, flowers are germinating earlier than normal, certain animal species are mating at different times, so there does seem to be something going on...
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Land and Livelihood: Debating the Land Acquisition Law
The New Land Act of 2013 was meant to remove the historic injustice perpetrated on land owners and sought to incorporate those dependent on agricultural land for livelihood. However, proposed amendments to the New Act will undermine its major clauses, and fail to achieve the purpose it was aimed for.
Changing Patterns of Consumption 2008
The village of Isapur Sarki, home to 140 Hindu families, boasts of painted pucca houses and brick laid roads – a veritable picture of a prosperous Indian village. About 50 per cent of the farmers have a holding size of 5 to 7 acres and between them own about 30 tractors and 22 motorcycles. With no landlessness in the village, the poorer section too is able to afford basic amenities and own cycles...
The Polyandrous Jaunsari
Shared among brothers, a Jaunsari woman suffers multiple masters. With gender relations biased against women, single marriage norms need to be encouraged to mitigate the problem.