The uncivilized food
A rainy day of the end of August. Raindrops kept pouring over the green waves of rice fields. It seems that there would be a...
ZBNF – a bullet no way near the bull’s eye?
Zero Budget Natural Farming or ZBNF is a newly hatched baby aka agricultural practice that has become enormously popular in recent decades and embraced by...
The digital direction for citizens to protect the environment
The UNESCO Science Report states globally, there were about 7.8 million researchers in 2013 working full-time. 7.8 million researchers in science proportional to 0.1% of...
Musing over the Kerala Model of Development in the light of recent extreme events
In the last two years the State of Kerala, had to face devastating events during the monsoons; a synergic corollary to the lopsided evolution of...
Harvests shrinking? Challenges for sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products
Humans have lived in and around forests for tens of thousands of years and have been using forest to meet their daily requirements of food,...
Biodiversity at work: a glimpse into the world of Functional Diversity
A visit to the museum mesmerizes us with a fascinating set of collections; the same happens when we are in the botanical or zoological garden...
Bhoot Choturdoshi – An ancient Shaak eating ritual with ethnomedicinal importance
Today Radha, Jyotsna, Nandarani, Bimala are very busy. They are going out for a hunt as part of an ancient Bengali ritual, Bhoot Chaturdashi. It...
Not a Mosquito, after all!
Have you ever wondered what the deadliest animal on Earth is? If you think it could be snakes or stingray or comodo dragons, you are...
Living in a fool’s paradise: The anatomy of doom
Few weeks back I returned home to the whimsical December chillness of South Bengal and was immediately absorbed into anxious addas centered around the recent...
Linguistic and Biological Diversity: Patterns of Co-occurrence and Opportunities for Coordinated Conservation
Researchers from a range of disciplines frequently remind us of the enormous challenges that Earth will face in the coming decades. Climate change, unprecedented levels...