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The Andaman Islands is an archipelago of around 300 islands with rich ecological and cultural diversity. Dr. Madhuri Ramesh, Associate Professor at Azim Premji University has spent considerable time studying the food practices of the different communities in the islands. The food habits are heavily influenced by the customs, beliefs and practices. In this talk organised by the Indian Sociological…
In a set of developments that have unfolded with unprecedented speed and uncharacteristic co-ordination over the last three years, there has been a huge push for a mega development plan for Great Nicobar, the southern-most island in the Andaman and Nicobar group. The centrepiece of the plan, euphemistically labelled the “Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island”, is a Rs.40,000 crore…
We were a few hundred feet above the Bay of Bengal when the windshield cracked. From my window, I looked out at the black water below, roiling with foamy whitecaps. Gunmetal clouds obscured any trace of a horizon, and bullets of rain pelted the thin plexiglass that separated us from the storm. We had been aboard this Electra turboprop plane—a…