let’s make our planet greener!
For people like me from mountain communities, the forest is a sacred space, the one we enter for our annual rituals, cautious not to litter or shout within its realm. Animals were introduced to us through their scat and footprints. Our worlds were small, and resources seemed sufficient, abundant even, in the mountains, and threats were something fictional that existed only for people living far away.
The Great Nicobar Journey by Tansy Troy, published by Talking Cub is a deeply empathetic story about friendship, resistance, and the fight to protect our one beautiful planet we know as home. In this adventure novel, a group of animals from the Andaman and Nicobar islands travel across mainland India to meet the decision makers in Delhi in a bid to save their home. Along the way they meet endangered animals, members from the tribal communities and allies.
In a world consumed by greed for consumption and speed, Slow Living advocates for change—small, progressive steps toward a sustainable future. Questioning the dominant narratives that widen the inequality prevalent in societies, the book shows how individual choices and small acts of resistance can, in turn create ripple effects that could restore our relationship with the planet.
Seven writers from across the country came together one evening to discuss the many facets of climate fiction. Earthbound: Climate Stories from South Asia, published by The Storiculture Company is an anthology of twelve stories by emerging writers from across India.
Rivers – the birthplace of civilisations, the carriers of history, the protagonists of many myths, and also the seats of many a conflict and resolution. What secrets do they carry? Here are some of our favourite books on Indian rivers – from tracing history, to contemporary commentary, these books give a lot more insight into our rivers that are the nation’s lifelines.
An intimate portrait of one of the world’s largest and widest rivers, River Traveller by veteran journalist Sanjoy Hazarika chronicles the author’s journeys down the river over more than two decades. Charting through the course of the river from Tibet to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bangladesh, documenting history and observing the lives of people depending on it for a living, this book touches on multiple subjects.
Did you know that humanity’s first mirror was a body of water? Long before metal and glass surfaces, our ancestors peered into rivers and ponds to see what they looked like without a fellow being having to groom them to their liking. This discovery was so captivating (as the Greek legend goes) that Narcissus, son of the river god Cephissus, was unable to look away when he caught sight of his reflection.
In a world consumed by greed for consumption and speed, Slow Living advocates for change—small, progressive steps toward a sustainable future. Questioning the dominant narratives that widen the inequality prevalent in societies, the book shows how individual choices and small acts of resistance can, in turn create ripple effects that could restore our relationship with the planet.
For many of us, especially readers of this newsletter, the call of the wild is more than just an earworm; it is a constant tug at our knotted hearts and wandering minds that propels us to commit to nature one way or the other. The decision to do my bit for nature through the written word was a recent one.…
Just an Old Sea Dog and Other Poems mariner Beetashok Chatterjee, offers 52 lyrical poems steeped in the salt and spirit of the sea. With the beat of waves and the lilt of verse, these ballad chart a course through longing, adventure, hardship, disaster—and moments of pure joy.