Book Review By Anjashi Sarkar Vipul Singh, Speaking Rivers: Environmental History of a Mid-Ganga Flood Country, 1540-1885, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2018.
Governance of Changing Ecological Space
बिहार और पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश से श्रमिकों के प्रवास के पीछे की असलियत
विपुल सिंह सार: ज़्यादातर ऐसे क्षेत्रों से श्रमिकों का प्रवास हुआ है जहां लगभग पिछले पचास वर्षों से हरित क्रांति अपना सूत्रपात वृहत रूप से नहीं कर पायी । ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि नहर जैसे कारक, जो हरित क्रांति की सफलता के लिए महत्वपूर्ण हैं, इन क्षेत्रों में इसकी परिस्थितिकी के कारण नहीं पनप पाए।... Continue Reading →
नई शिक्षा नीति 2020: बहुविषयक आयाम एवं पर्यावरण इतिहास शिक्षण
विपुल सिंह मैं कई वर्षों से छात्रों को पर्यावरण इतिहास पर पाठ्यक्रम पढ़ा रहा हूं। पिछली शताब्दियों के केस स्टडीज के माध्यम से मैं उन्हें ऐतिहासिक गलतियों के बारे में बताता हूं और उन्हें पर्यावरण के समकालीन मुद्दों से जोड़ने की कोशिश करता हूं। पर्यावरणीय जाँच के विषय पर छात्रों के साथ शिक्षण और शोध... Continue Reading →
Hajj Pilgrimage Restriction in 1865 due to Cholera
Vipul Singh About two million pilgrims from different parts of the world go on Hajj to Saudi Arabia every year. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic the country has restricted the entry of Hajj travellers.In 1865 too, when there was a major cholera epidemic outbreak in Mecca, which led to the death of 15000... Continue Reading →
Communication Technology through the Ages
Recent data suggest that in 2020 approximately 67 percent population of the globe are using mobile phones, numbering 5.24 billion. Starting from operating our home appliances remotely to switching on car engines while sitting at home, we have become dependent on it in every possible way. Mobile phones today is technologically very advanced and compact, but its journey has been very long.
Understanding Reverse Worker Migration during the Covid-19 Lockdown in India and the Green Revolution
Source: Sumita Roy Dutta CC BY-SA By Vipul Singh Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi The Covid-19 pandemic has posed a …Understanding Reverse Worker Migration during the Covid-19 Lockdown in India and the Green Revolution ABSTRACT: Coronavirus pandemic has led to reverse migration of workers to Bihar and UP, areas previously suffering from... Continue Reading →
Cholera, Economics and Vaccine
In the absence of true contagion character, the virologists are perplexed in developing a proper vaccine. In the late nineteenth century, a similar suppression of epidemiological information was done by the British colonial government that led to delay in developing vaccine for cholera epidemic.
EARTH DAY SPECIAL -V.Singh
Post-Covid World: Why I Think India Would Weather the Pandemic Storm? Vipul Singh ABSTRACT: India does have a disadvantage in terms of health, as the hospital support system is not as strong as the US and Europe. But she has a demographic dividend on her side. In post-Covid situation of the world India might have... Continue Reading →
Speaking History 