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Nature is showing its justifiable anger in the Darjeeling Himalayas

In the last few days, torrential rains have triggered massive landslides throughout the three hill subdivisions of Darjeeling, causing huge damage in terms of loss of human lives and property. Nature is showing its justifiable anger in the Darjeeling Himalayas. Deforestation, unplanned construction of development projects like heavily overbuilt urban pockets, road building and dams, barrages […]


Climate Change in India and the State’s Response

The naïve, uncritical and often absolute belief in state as the ultimate expression of authority, is symptomatic of the all-pervasive capitalistic real we live in. A cursory look at some facts about India’s increasing vulnerability to global warming and the Indian state’s response to the same shows that the state can get away with anything […]