Vipul Singh Does ecology or the physical character of a region play any role in the construction of political space? The story of the creation of Bihar province in the sixteenth century in the riverine ecology of the mid-Ganga basin helps us to understand the connection. Map: Bihar Province divided on the basis of rivers... Continue Reading →
Madan Kali: The Head of Cheetah
One of Akbar's Cheetahs was so awe-inspiring in outlook and drop-dead gorgeous that the ruler declared him the head of all Cheetahs. Akbar named him Madan Kali. He would sit alongside Akbar’s throne.
Harihar Chattar Mela: A Fair on the Confluence
Painting by Shiv Dayal, 1820.Image Credit: British Library, Shelfmark: Add.Or.4926. Sonpur is located on the west bank of the Gandak river in Bihar. Harihar (Lords Vishnu and Shiva) Chattar Mela is celebrated at the confluence of the Ganga and Gandak rivers for centuries. The foreground of this drawing in water colour by Shiv Kumar, done... Continue Reading →
Fluvial Histories
The book “Speaking Rivers” ‘explores how fluvial landscapes have been integral amongst environmental aspects, which have shaped cultural identity and regions’.
Governance of Changing Ecological Space
Book Review By Anjashi Sarkar Vipul Singh, Speaking Rivers: Environmental History of a Mid-Ganga Flood Country, 1540-1885, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2018.
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.
