Glimpses Of Nature And Culture
Survival in the Anthropocene The sufferings of the biosphere through human activity is an unavoidable mark for the Anthropocene. We quantify pollution and extinction, define...
Pride and Preyjudice : Conservation issues affecting the Asiatic Lion
Prisha Tiwari Department of Biology Shivranjani Kumari Department of Psychology Ashoka University, Haryana, India E-mail: prisha.tiwari_ug22@ashoka.edu.in shivranjani.kumari_ug22@ashoka.edu.in Stories from the Past:...
In search of a practicable organic livelihood
Sumit Sarkar Environmental activist, Bankura, West Bengal Email: indsumitsarkar@yahoo.in It’s now almost a decade ago while I was attending a seminar in relation to organic farming. There I came...
Wild uncultivated edible plants of India
Part 11 (......after part 10) Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr. Family: Sapindaceae A tall deciduous tree fondly known as Kusum almost all over India, except Tamil...
Glimpses Of Nature And Culture
The flip side of GI tag and Basmati Geographical indications (GI) tag often adds charisma to any product and infuses a feel-good factor to the...
Bowled by the Bat: Influenza virus
Avirup Sanyal 1,2, Abhranil Gangopadhayya3 and Som Banerjee4 1- Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, Haryana, India 2- National Center for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, India...
Encapsulated Himalayan ecosystem and traditional knowledge: Jeopardized by tourism
Sarika1, Anusha Chaudhary2, Anuradha Kumari1 and Bharti Chandel1 1- Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2- Researcher, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi...
Glimpses Of Nature And Culture
The oldest law school in Europe takes care of plants too… Plants are our partners since time immemorial so are plant protective measures. There are...
Wild uncultivated edible plants of India
Part 10 (......after part 9) Rivea hypocrateriformis Choisy Family: Convolvulaceae A woody climbing shrub distributed across India is well-known for its medicinal potential. The leaves...
Meyna spinosa Roxb. ex Link
Family – Rubiaceae It is a spiny small tree or a large shrub with greenish-white flowers found in the south and east Asian countries. In...