Vanshika Mittal talks about America’s controlled food industry through its portrayal in the documentary Food, Inc. This article brings forth the focus on the integrated capitalism and the hidden consequences of a globalized food chain.
Category: Environment and Sustainability
River Interlinking: Reflections from the Case Study of the Pattiseema Project
Given the enthusiasm with which the government seems to fuel the river-interlinking projects has become worrisome. To settle this debate we shall look no further than the rice bowl of India: the Krishna-Godavari delta basin’s Pattiseema Project. This is the last part of this series.
Water in Nepal: Reserve of latent potential
Over six thousand rivers and rivulets pass through the land-locked country Nepal, making it the third richest country in water resources. This article will demonstrate that if the development of a natural resource is strategically conducted, it proves to be a boon for economic growth.
India’s National River Interlinking Projects – An Introduction (Part I)
This article is an introduction to the three part series focusing on India’s National River Linking Project. Vanshika Mittal traces the background and plan proposed by the government for this project.
Blurry Borders: The Melting Peace in the Arctic
Deepanshu Singal explores the developing border tensions in the Arctic. It analyses the power dynamics and certain treaties that govern these not-so-well-defined borders. The discourse around the Arctic is becoming increasingly relevant due to climate change thawing sea-ice and opening up new opportunities in the regions and simultaneously states’ increasing thirst for monopolising over them.
The Ideological Dominance of Capitalism Against Fighting Climate Change
Climate change poses the most daunting threat to humanity’s existence. I provide an analysis of climate change and its root causes by using the theory of ideological dominance. Over the past century, capitalism has established economic growth as the ultimate aim of countries and human lives for its own benefit, and the planet has had to bear its brunt.
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE TO THE MIGRANTS
This article will explore notions of crop failure and the push and pull factor that leads to migration in the first place. Furthermore, these factors are only worsened in the current situation, with the relief packages announced by the government being too little and too late.
Environmental Degradation and Recovery of the Baiga Tribal Group
In this article, I will focus on the continuous environmental injustice and oppression faced by the Baiga tribal group in central India and how the Forest Rights Act works, in their case, as an environmental justice framework.
PANDEMIC: LOCKDOWN,CLIMATE CHANGE: IGNORANCE
The declaration by the World Health Organization that saw the coronavirus or the COVID-19 as pandemic caught on a string of reactions by several countries
A GLIMPSE INTO VEGAN INDIA
Through this article, Vanshika Mittal provides an insight into the Indian vegan market.
Feel the Heat: Why Capitalism Trumps Climate Change
This article analyses the inherent contradictions between neo-liberal trade-economists and environmentalists to argue that the efforts of the environmental movement are futile owing to the non-binding character of climate negotiations and limited role of government.
A day around the dying Yamuna
In this article, Ankita shares her experiences of field visit to the banks of river Yamuna around Delhi.
