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Digwal’s Poison, Dahej’s Acid, Mumbai’s Climate Time-Bombs: Mr. Piramal’s Toxic Trails

Blooded Waters, Dirty Hands: An Elegy for Puṇyodaka

Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink? An Essay in Hydro-Politics

AKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY ⤡ Posted on 2nd November, 2025 (GMT 06:00 hrs) ABSTRACT The Himalayas—often called the “Third Pole”—are collapsing under the dual weight of climate change and a reckless developmental paradigm driven by Hindutva nationalism. This article examines how the BJP’s infrastructural expansion, exemplified by the Char Dham project and many other recent instances, embodies an…

Posted on 31st October, 2025 (GMT 07:56 hrs) ABSTRACT This article examines the deep-rooted ecological indifference of Indian political parties across the ideological spectrum. Despite unprecedented environmental degradation—from the destruction of forests in Hasdeo and Nicobar to toxic urban air and vanishing rivers—ecology remains absent from India’s political grammar. The essay argues that…

Posted on 23rd October, 2025 (GMT 07:35 hrs) ABSTRACT This essay investigates how the marital and corporate nexus between the Ambani and Piramal families consolidates dynastic power while enabling ecological, social, and ethical impunity in India’s neoliberal economy. Operating through the Mitakshara coparcenary system, this “nepo-capitalist complex” centralizes vast wealth across Reliance…

-Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate.

Human activities like overuse of resources, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation are accelerating climate change, causing increased disasters and destroying ecosystems. Despite the urgent need for action, wealth is often prioritized over the environment. The earth will become a wasteland with no greenery, little water, and overly polluted if we don't act. Systemic change is needed, including policies promoting renewable energy, pressure on businesses to reduce carbon footprints, and encouraging consumers to make responsible consumption decisions.

"The earth doesn't need us, we need the earth"

Posted on 27th September, 2025 (GMT 03:47 hrs) ABSTRACT Kolkata, one of the world’s most densely populated cities, faces a critical urban crisis as its weak road network—covering only 6–7% of city land—struggles under massive congestion from festivals, religious events, political rallies, and private gatherings. This gridlock endangers lives by delaying emergency services, escalates economic…