– Rosamma Thomas [This article originally appeared in countercurrents.org. Link to the article] Vivek Gour Broome looks the personification of that nursery rhyme, “Old McDonald had a farm…” His farm west of Pune, beyond Hinjewadi in the village of Marunji, is an island of biodiversity...
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How an engineer found her calling in farming
– Rosamma Thomas [This article was originally published in Countercurrents.org. Link to the original article] Afrin Kale is a farmer with a degree in civil engineering. A resident of Pune city, her five-acre farm is in Pimpalgaon Ghode village of Ambegaon Tehsil of Pune district,...
Delhi and Its ‘Unseen’ Fisherfolks
[This article written by Akshita Rawat was originally published in The Wire. For readability purposes, the text is being reproduced here.] Developmental priorities have played a direct role in the deterioration of the Yamuna and have made it consistently difficult for the fisherpeople to co-exist...
Urban Against Urbanisation: Farming in Delhi and its Significance as a Systemic Alternative
Abstract The process of urbanization is central to the viciously exclusionary and unsustainable trajectory of the dominant developmental model. Urban development guided by linear thinking and extraction-oriented urban planning is pushing for expansion of cities outwards, upwards and downwards, and thus creating newer conflicts over...
शहरी खेती पर बुकलेट शृंखला | Booklet Series on Urban Agriculture
शहरी खेती पर हमें चिंतन और चर्चा करते हुए कई साल हो गए। इतने सालों में तमाम चर्चाओं और अलग-अलग समूहों से बात करके हमने ये जाना कि शहरों में खेती करने वाले तो एक अच्छी तादाद में हैं लेकिन व्यवस्थित तौर से इसकी भूमिका...
Fishing in the Shadow of A Megacity: Delhi and its ‘Unseen’ Fisherfolks
Like all city-regions in the world, modern-day Delhi has also evolved on the banks of a river, The Yamuna. The river has been a source of life for thousands of years, providing drinking water, resources for food, livelihood and even a breeding ground for many...
दिल्ली की शहरी खेती में विविधता
दिल्ली की शहरी खेती में विविधता: कौन, क्या और किधर To read this booklet in English, please click here. देश की राजधानी दिल्ली देश का सबसे घनी आबादी वाला क्षेत्र है जहाँ हर एकड़ में औसतन 50 इंसान रहते हैं। योजना बनाने वालों की राय...
यमुना के कछार पर खेती की गतिविधियाँ
To read this booklet in English, please click here. पल्ला गाँव से दिल्ली को यमुना का साथ मिलता है | पल्ला गाँव से लेकर बुराड़ी तक देहात का इलाका है और पुश्ता के दोनों तरफ खेती होती है | पुश्ता के भीतर की जमीन यानि...
दिल्ली में शहरी खेती की रूह हैं महिलाएँ
To read this booklet in English, please click here. “..महिलाएँ ही थीं जिन्होंने टोकरियों की बुनाई करके और मिट्टी के बर्तन गढ़कर सबसे पहले कंटेनर बनाए… खेती और घरेलू विकास के इस लम्बे समयकाल के बिना भोजन और श्रमशक्ति इतने आधिक्य में उपलब्ध नहीं हो...
Riding on Debt
Read In Hindi | हिंदी में पढ़ें In India at present, metro projects with a total length of 370 km are operational in 9 cities. 26 other cities have already planned or proposed metro rail projects with a total length of 1132 km. The per...