The Aeroplane’s Gaze: Mountain, Market and Martyrs
The Aeroplane’s Gaze: Mountain, Market and Martyrs
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The Aeroplane’s Gaze: Mountain, Market and Martyrs
The Aeroplane’s Gaze: Mountain, Market and Martyrs
Digwal’s Poison, Dahej’s Acid, Mumbai’s Climate Time-Bombs: Mr. Piramal’s Toxic Trails
Digwal’s Poison, Dahej’s Acid, Mumbai’s Climate Time-Bombs: Mr. Piramal’s Toxic Trails
Blooded Waters, Dirty Hands: An Elegy for Puṇyodaka
Blooded Waters, Dirty Hands: An Elegy for Puṇyodaka
Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink? An Essay in Hydro-Politics
Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink? An Essay in Hydro-Politics
Remembering What “Definitions” Make Us Forget: A Statement on the Aravallis and the Politics of Ecological Erasure
Posted on 28th December, 2025 (GMT 17:22 hrs) Issued by Ecotopians of Alternity (EOA)⤡ under the Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA) Collective Platform The Ecotopians of Alternity (EOA) as part of the Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA) Collective asserts that the current legal crisis surrounding the Aravalli mountain range is a deliberate act of “definitional erasure” that threatens the…
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The Fragile Himalayas: Climate, Hindutva Developmentalism, and the Collapsing Ecology of the Third Pole
AKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY ⤡ Posted on 2nd November, 2025 (GMT 06:00 hrs) ABSTRACT The Himalayas—often called the “Third Pole”—are collapsing under the dual weight of climate change and a reckless developmental paradigm driven by Hindutva nationalism. This article examines how the BJP’s infrastructural expansion, exemplified by the Char Dham project and many other recent instances, embodies an…
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Why Indian Political Parties Are Ecologically Indifferent
Posted on 31st October, 2025 (GMT 07:56 hrs) ABSTRACT This article examines the deep-rooted ecological indifference of Indian political parties across the ideological spectrum. Despite unprecedented environmental degradation—from the destruction of forests in Hasdeo and Nicobar to toxic urban air and vanishing rivers—ecology remains absent from India’s political grammar. The essay argues that…
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Dynastic Capitalism and Ecological “Externalities”: The Ambani–Piramal Nexus in Post-Liberalization India
Posted on 23rd October, 2025 (GMT 07:35 hrs) ABSTRACT This essay investigates how the marital and corporate nexus between the Ambani and Piramal families consolidates dynastic power while enabling ecological, social, and ethical impunity in India’s neoliberal economy. Operating through the Mitakshara coparcenary system, this “nepo-capitalist complex” centralizes vast wealth across Reliance…
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