Seeds of Memory and Change: A Journey Through Palampur’s Rice Fields
“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 Gate climbed slowly into the lower Himalayas. At sunrise, we woke up to see beautiful […]
What do the women of Karauli want?
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 small car with three other people, heading from Dausa to a village called Pasela in […]
Dubalganj: A Small Village, A Big Fight for Dignity
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 focused on understanding ecological and climate risks among small and marginal farmers. One of our […]