Tracing Landslides by Motorcycle
Riding the Western Ghats on motorcycle, Mohammed Labeeb reads the terrain with his body. His landslide research probes knowledge production, methodology, and proximity in a shifting terrain.
Tagged: South Asia
Knowledge Politics and the Making of Indian Environmental History: A Conversation with Ramachandra Guha
Laleh Ahmad speaks with Ramachandra Guha on his new book, Speaking with Nature (2024). They discuss the history of environmentalism in India and how it differs from the West, especially through key thinkers’ intertwining of social justice and nature.
Translation, Rage, and What Is-Was-Willbe: A Conversation with Khairani Barokka
Jagravi Dave speaks with Khairani Barokka on her poetry collection amuk. They use the book to connect tenselessness, the violence of colonial translation, and rage across personal, political, and environmental scales.
What Time is the Nomad?
Natasha Maru engages with the pastoralist temporalities as experienced by Rabari nomads in Kachchh, India. This narrative ethnographic account highlights the changing rhythms of pastoral lifestyles with shifts in the political economy of the region.
Love versus Legality in Indian Crane Conservation
Authors Dipti Arora & Astha Chaudhary investigate how politics, media, and affective relationships complexly shape human-crane encounters in India—with positive and negative consequences for both species.
Tea Gardens and Geographies of Colonial Exploitation
Tea gardens in West Bengal are steeped in legacies of British colonialism. Chandreyi Sengupta, Mrinmoyee Naskar, and Debajit Datta trace the lingering social and environmental impacts of the 19th-century plantation system.
Reading Climate Justice through the Indian Farmers’ Movement
The Trolley Times is an important source of information and community-building for the farmers’ protests in India. Sritama Chatterjee shares stories from the newsletter that show the power of everyday acts of care in climate justice organizing.
When Sacred Cows Become Tools of the State
In the midst of India’s beef ban, beef detection kits are supposed to help stop violence against Muslim and Dalit people accused of eating the meat. But do they? Clara Miller and A. Parikh argue that increased surveillance hurts both people and cows.
