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“Just as you name your children, learn to name the seeds you sow.” — Dr R. P. Kaushik, Scientist (Now Retired), Rice & Wheat Research Station Malan, Palampur, HP, India The Road to Palampur The night bus from Delhi’s Kashmiri...

For miles and miles, there are no shops or houses. Not even proper trees or plants. Just desolate, barren roads. Far off, you can see the dry and rugged Aravalli hills. Occasionally, there are a few bushes. I’m in a...

In early 2017, I accompanied Mr. Soumya Dutta, an environmentalist and citizen scientist to Palamu — my first and so far only visit to this part of Jharkhand. The purpose was to support ongoing fieldwork under a 7-state pilot initiative...