A Man to Match His Mountains, from the Introduction to The Chipko Movement by Shekhar Pathak
I first came across Shekhar Pathak’s name in the files of the Uttar Pradesh State Archives in Lucknow. The year was 1983, and I was working on a dissertation on the social history of forests in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. In those days the U.P. State Archives were well run; the files one ordered came to one’s desk fairly quickly, and [...]
Making Indian Cities Habitable – The Legacy of Patrick Geddes, India Forum
‘India lives in her villages’, said Mahatma Gandhi, and that maxim of his has been resolutely followed by Indian environmentalists. From celebrated popular struggles like the Chipko Andolan and the Narmada Bachao Andolan to quieter, more low-key work in rehabilitating village tanks and pastures, the environmental movement in India has been substantially focused on the countryside. Resisting the destructive impact [...]
Lessons in Leadership from Satish Dhawan, The Telegraph
The late A. P. J. Abdul Kalam liked to tell stories with morals. A story he was particularly fond of related to the launch of a satellite by the Indian Space Research Organization in July 1979. Kalam was in charge of the project at ISRO; and when some members expressed reservations about its readiness he overruled them and ordered it [...]
- India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest DemocracyRamachandra Guha2019-02-17T18:36:51+00:00
- How Much Should a Person Consume? – Environmentalism in India and the United StatesRamachandra Guha2019-02-17T22:01:53+00:00
- A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British SportRamachandra Guha2019-02-17T19:28:06+00:00
- The Use and Abuse of Nature: Incorporating this Fissured Land & Ecology and EquityRamachandra Guha2019-02-17T22:23:41+00:00
- Savaging the Civilized: Verrier Elwin, His Tribals and IndiaRamachandra Guha2019-02-17T20:32:25+00:00
- Ecology and Equity : The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India (Note Series; 223)Ramachandra Guha2019-02-17T22:15:35+00:00
Drawing on writings of the past decade-and-a-half, this website of Ramachandra Guha’s writings will be continuously updated to include his columns as they appear. Through these rich and varied essays, Guha seeks to capture the modern history of what he terms the ‘most interesting country in the world’.