Nov 2, 2025
The Fragile Himalayas: Climate, Hindutva Developmentalism, and the Collapsing Ecology of the Third Pole
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 extractive model that…
#AnthropoceneIndia#BiodiversityLoss#BJPandEnvironment#BJPModel#CharDhamDisaster#ClimateColonialism#ClimateEmergency#ClimateJustice#ClimateResistance#CrisisOfModernity#DecentralizedGovernance#DecolonizeDevelopment#DefendNature#EarthDemocracy#EcocideIndia#EcologicalCivilization#EcologicalEthics#EcologicalImagination#EcologicalRestoration#EcoPolitics#EcoSovereignty#EcoSpirituality#EnvironmentalCollapse#EnvironmentalJustice#EnvironmentalSociology#ForestDestruction#FragileEcosystems#FragileHimalayas#GeoHazards#GlacialRetreat