क्या बिना पर्यावरण को नुकसान पहुंचाए आधुनिक जीवन संभव है ? पर्यावरण की हानि को रोकने के लिए साधू बनने की जरूरत नहीं है ; क्योंकि इसका अर्थ होगा अपने आप को मानव मानने से पूर्णतया अस्वीकार करना।
पर्यावरण इतिहास क्या है ?
परिवर्तन की कथा ही इतिहास है। अगर मनुष्य एवं उसके चारों ओर फैला विशाल संसार हमेशा स्थिर रहता, उसमें किसी प्रकार का बदलाव नहीं होता तो शायद इतिहास का जन्म भी न हुआ होता और न हम उसका अध्ययन कर रहे होते। लेकिन मानव सभ्यता के उदय और उसके विकासक्रम के विशाल कालखंड में आश्चर्यजनक... Continue Reading →
Indian Traditional Knowledge on Environmental Conservation
Indian religions have generally been the advocates of environmentalism. They campaigned for such guidelines to the commoners that ensured an intimate contact and sense of belonging in nature.
Why Vernacular Stories are Historically Significant?
Vernacular stories look mythical and miraculous to us today, but people believed in them during those years. That is why vernacular stories became popular in early times. These were the media of its time. People told stories to exchange information, knowledge, and experience in social contexts. But to many historians, vernacular literatures are merely fables and... Continue Reading →
Dholvira and Akkadian Collapse: Climate Change Parallels
Akkadian civilization was established in Mesopotamia around 4,300 years ago along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (now southern Iraq) and included areas of modern-day Syria and Turkey. It prospered almost during the same phase when the ancient Indus civilization thrived in the Indian subcontinent. Like the Indus civilization, the Akkadian civilization was highly dependent on agricultural production... Continue Reading →
Lessons for the Political Leadership from History
मुग़ल शासक बाबर ने अपनी वासियत में बड़ी अहम बातें लिखीं थी - “मेरे बेटे! हिन्दुस्तान में मुख़्तलिफ़ मज़हबों के लोग रहते हैं और ईश्वर की बड़ी इनायत है कि उसने तुम्हें इस मुल्क का शासक बनाया है. अपनी बादशाही में तुम मज़हबी तास्सुब को अपने दिल में हरगिज़ जगह न दो और लोगों के मज़हबी... Continue Reading →
Floods are Not Calamities
Floods are not calamities. It’s time the newspapers and TVs stop carrying negative stories of flood e.g. photographs of houses under water, crops destroyed, public amenity affected etc. Why don’t we see the positive side of it? If one does a cost-benefit analysis, the flood has more benefits. In today’s highly fertilised agriculture, flood removes... Continue Reading →
The Ecological Cow
The ecological cow
Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries.Ecology and Society journal-article.Andrew Song.et.al
