Researcher based out of Hyderabad, currently pursuing M. Phil in Social Anthropology from IIT Hyderabad.
While many are voicing the issues faced by daily wage workers during the lockdown and with seven states across the country stopping work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) Act on their own.
First Post / March 2020
Are the state policies prepared to address to those are worst affected by the heat stress?
Deccan Chronicle/Asian Age / March 2020
As part of its National Action Plan for the 11th Plan period, the Government of India announced a domestic goal of reducing the volume of carbon emissions released per unit of the country’s GDP.
Deccan Chronicle/Asian Age / January 2020
An analysis suggests that there has been an overall increase in the major pollutants across the city and not just in industrial areas.
The Newsminute / October 2018
Many local fishermen complain of poor compensation and a loss of livelihood, which has left them in dire straits.
The Newsminute / November 2018
Special trains have been announced by Bengal, Assam and Odisha governments to rescue them from the flood-hit Kerala, to help the migrants stuck in the floods.
First Post / August 2018
Devrai Art Villageworks with Adivasi craftsmen to make new products suited to contemporary tastes using traditional means.
Your Story / January 2018
Nishanth Project Vruksha is aimed at identifying trees and seeking help to preserve them as well as standing up to the continued tree felling in the city.
Your Story / March 2018
Kutch-based Dehaati is bringing back the tradition of pottery and other crafts in Kutch through design and community engagements to help bridge the urban-rural divide.
Your Story / January 2018
On why the Adivasi farmer has come to the Delhi Kisan march.
First Post / December 2018
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) funds and supports artistic practices and initiatives with an aim of preserve and transmit cultural knowledge
Your Story / April 2017
Locals say that the current compensation doesn’t really add up to the loss that the farmers will face in the years to come.
The Newsminute / October 2018
Sure that there's more to life than merely crunching numbers, Anjali Rudraraju and Kabir Cariappa chose to move closer to nature and are encouraging others with their Community Supported Agriculture initiative.
Your Story / August 2017
This article was written right before the death of GD Agarwal, who died after an 111-day fast for a pollution-free Ganga.
First Post / October 2018
Retired scientist Murli Sharma has been using rainwater for all his water needs the past two decades
Your Story / April 2017
Siddharth, who was a seaman himself, gave up sailing when he realised the amount of damage commercial vessels bring to the sea and the life it holds.
Your Story / February 2017
About 2 lakh households have pledged to take up the responsibility to segregate their waste, thanks to the ‘2Bin1Bag’ initiative
Your Story / February 2017
Dr Prabodh Kumar Bhowmick set up Bidisa, a place which 100 Lodha families now call home.
Your Story / February 2017
The story talks goes through Kavita's journey, underscoring the plight of agriculture in a state like Telangana, and how women farmers suffer the most.
First Post / November 2018
Shyamala Suresh is helping her friends and colleagues tie the knot in an eco-friendly manner.
Your Story / March 2017
The story looks at the impact of thermal power plants on the lives of the locals, their livelihoods and health.
First Post / August 2018
Hundreds of farmers have taken part in protests held throughout February in what’s considered an ongoing crisis for turmeric and sorghum cultivators in Nizamabad district.
The Newsminute / March 2019
A transgender activist from Delhi, Rudrani has spent over 10 years spreading awareness and fighting for LGBTQ rights in India
Your Story / April 2017
The story follows the journey of one school in Majuli that struggles to survive amid floods each year.
Your Story / October 2016
Subash Reddy is one of the few experts in Hyderabad striving to build site-specific and economical rainwater harvesting structures.
Your Story / July 2017
The enterprise provides livelihoods and training in sustainable harvesting and organic agriculture to indigenous communities in the area and aims to preserve, conserve and nurture the environment.
Your Story / August 2017
Vanastree is a small collective dedicated to promoting forest garden biodiversity and food security through the conservation of traditional seeds.
Your Story / February 2017
Sattvik, an annual food festival in Ahmedabad, highlights diversity in cultures and tastes to stimulate the demand for local crops and their varieties.
Your Story / February 2018
On why women farmers and cultivators, on being part of the Kisan march in Delhi
First Post / December 2018
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