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In A Parched Summer, India’s Water Stewards Show The Way Out
For IndiaSpend Published on 4 July 2024 Water budgeting, changing cropping patterns and enhancing rain harvesting strategies is helping...

Azera Rahman
Nov 18, 20248 min read
 
 
 


Kachchh potters fired up for change with improved kilns
For Mongabay India Published on 22 March 2024 Pottery is an energy-intensive industry, with traditional kilns taking 36 hours to bake the...

Azera Rahman
May 1, 20246 min read
 
 
 


The ‘Mad Tree’ That Sustains Banni’s Vada Koli Community
For India Spend Published on 29 April 2024 The invasive species Prosopis juliflora is leading to degeneration of grasslands, but the Vada...

Azera Rahman
May 1, 20246 min read
 
 
 


Say cheese! Traditional pastoralists embrace innovation with artisanal cheese
For Mongabay India Published on 25 December 2023 Artisanal cheese made from goat, sheep and camel milk, by pastoral communities, is...

Azera Rahman
Jan 23, 20247 min read
 
 
 


Desire For Change Makes Devi Pujoks Of Bhuj Realign Their Khap Panchayat
For India Spend Published on 24 October 2023 The Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan helped reconstitute the Khap panchayat, and provided...

Azera Rahman
Nov 1, 20237 min read
 
 
 


With Disappearing ‘Bhagiyas’, Kutch Risks Losing Local Traditional Knowledge
For India Spend Published on 12 September 2023 Kutch’s Bhagiyas are repositories of indigenous technical knowledge on taking care of...

Azera Rahman
Sep 16, 20236 min read
 
 
 


Gujarat’s indigenous Patanwadi wool and sheep, on a steady fall
For Mongabay India Published on 1 August 2023 There is a sharp decline in demand for indigenous Patanwadi wool from Gujarat, affecting...

Azera Rahman
Sep 16, 20236 min read
 
 
 


Falling Through The Cracks: Children Of Seasonal Migrants
For India Spend Published on 8 April 2023 Migrant children have lower nutritional outcomes, are less likely to complete schooling and to...

Azera Rahman
Apr 24, 20239 min read
 
 
 


Rajasthan: India Counts Its Livestock, But Not The People Who Herd Them
In Rajasthan, we found pastoralists are grappling with shrinking land available for grazing their herds and changing weather patterns....

Azera Rahman
Apr 24, 20239 min read
 
 
 



Azera Rahman
Nov 30, 20207 min read
 
 
 


In a Kutch village, one man is successfully leading efforts to protect unique inland mangroves
For Mongabay

Azera Rahman
Oct 4, 20205 min read
 
 
 


When the mask becomes the message...
For The Hindu Business Line

Azera Rahman
Jun 12, 20203 min read
 
 
 


Putting NRC in perspective: Assam is not communal, has never been
For South Asia Monitor

Azera Rahman
Sep 10, 20193 min read
 
 
 



Azera Rahman
Jul 8, 20197 min read
 
 
 



Azera Rahman
May 1, 20197 min read
 
 
 


Solar pumps are brightening the lives of Kutch’s salt farmers
For Village Square

Azera Rahman
Oct 18, 20184 min read
 
 
 


And they all lived happily ever after
For The Hindu

Azera Rahman
Aug 24, 20173 min read
 
 
 


Fluoride-contaminated water has crippled over a thousand children in one Assam district
For The Third Pole

Azera Rahman
May 12, 20175 min read
 
 
 
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