A platform for and
from the Western Ghats
Attending a Biodiversity Management Committee meeting in the foothills of the Nilgiris, a young Pazhaiyar woman explains what environmental awareness means for indigenous people
At the Ootacamund Club (formerly the Ooty Hunt Club), the old ways have been sublimated into a love for the landscape—and community
What can the gorgeous Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher tell us about endangered freshwater habitats in the Western Ghats?
How can education evolve to meet the needs of the Palani Hills’ Pazhaiyars? An indigenous writer reflects.
A botanist’s journey through Sri Lanka’s landscape considers its flora, parallel to that of the Western Ghats: all of it part of the same vital biodiversity hotspot
On her first train journey ever, a young indigenous writer from the Pazhaiyar adivasi community is invited to join women’s self-help groups in eastern India on Women’s Day
The connection between queerness and fungi has often been made—what can it teach us about queer kinship, community and care today? A researcher takes stock in the rain-soaked Western Ghats
A Pazhaiyar adivasi takes stock of climate change in the Palani Hills, traveling to Valparai and back in this moving personal meditation
Becoming intimate with other species in the Western Ghats involves music, mimicry and the fine art of listening, says one of its guardians
As change comes, so does opportunity, argues one long-term farmer in the Palani Hills.