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What does it take to build an environmental movement?
Stalin Dayanand is an environmentalist who has spent two decades building citizen movements to protect wetlands and forests in Maharashtra. Environmental litigation, environmental education, and...
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IDR Interviews | Flavia Agnes
Flavia Agnes is a women’s rights lawyer and feminist legal scholar. One of the central figures of the women’s movement in India, she spent four decades championing women’s rights, legal reform, and...
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Climate action: How to put communities first
Mumbai sends approximately 90,000 metric tonnes of waste from 12.4 million citizens to the Deonar dumping ground situated in the M-East ward of the city. Surrounding the mountain of garbage are...
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Why does India still have a bonded labour problem?
In July 2016, the Union government told Parliament that in its 15-year vision to achieve “total abolition of bonded labour”, it would identify, release and rehabilitate around 18.4 million bonded...
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Navigating changes in the commercial sex trade landscape
The sex trade has historically been localised in neighbourhoods that have come to be known as red-light areas (RLAs). The term ‘red-light area’ reportedly has its origins in a practice made popular by...
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The anti-caste discourse needs an overhaul
According to the recently released data of Bihar’s caste survey, backward classes (27 percent), extremely backward classes (36 percent) and scheduled castes (19 percent) comprise the majority of the...
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“Care is not a vaccine that you give once and get done with”
I was born in a village in Sangli district, Maharashtra. When I was in the fifth standard, my family of six members—my parents, two sisters, brother, and I—shifted to Mumbai for better livelihood...
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Photo essay: The Iruliga community’s growing disconnect from the forest
The Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 (WPA) and the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 were passed by the Indian Parliament with the aim of conserving and expanding forest cover and arresting the decline of...
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Rethinking rehabilitation for the Irular tribe of Tamil Nadu
In April 2019, a housing colony opened its gates to its new residents, many of whom had never lived in a concrete house before. These were members of the Irular tribe, a semi-nomadic, indigenous group...
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India’s energy transition must prioritise social justice
At COP26, India set the ambitious goal of achieving net zero by 2070. This will require large investments in infrastructure and renewable energy. Decarbonisation is touted as a panacea that can benefit...
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In Ladakh, democracy and ecology take centre stage
In Ladakh, a powerful ecological and democratic movement is underway. The people of Ladakh want to reclaim their agency in shaping their future and protecting their lands by calling for the...
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What feminist approaches to justice look like
This article was originally published on The Third Eye and can be viewed here.This is first of a two-part exploration on the meanings, possibilities and practices of restorative justice, especially as...
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Here’s how civil society can support the Rohingyas
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority group from Myanmar, have suffered decades of persecution and violence in their home country. This has led to their mass exodus—primarily to Bangladesh, and in smaller...
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