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Relief Brings Its Own Disasters
Children at a care home in Orissa in India. Children worldwide are particularly vulnerable in disasters. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS.By Malini ShankarDEHRADUN, India , Oct 2 2013 (IPS) In Uttarakhand,...
View ArticleIndia Beats a Cyclone
By Malini ShankarGOPALPUR, India, Oct 14 2013 (IPS) “No casualties have been reported till now,” India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) declared at 9:30 am the morning after the near...
View ArticleWhen Calamity Strikes, Think Local
By Malini ShankarBHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 30 2013 (IPS) More than a month after Cyclone Phailin battered Orissa, tribes in the eastern Indian coastal state are still feeling its wrath. Besides the...
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Sinkholes Opening Up After Tsunami
A sinkhole is widening in Car Nicobar, but the authorities are clueless about its potential dangers. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS.By Malini ShankarCAR NICOBAR, India, May 2 2014 (IPS) While the United...
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Traditional Wisdom to the Rescue in Cyclone Season
A rare sight of a traditional hut of the Nicobarese in the post-tsunami era. Seen here is a Nicobari family that has retained its traditionally designed hut alongside a “permanent shelter” made of...
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New Technology Boosts Fisherfolk Security
Fisherfolk are one of the most vulnerable groups of people in India. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarNAGAPATTINAM, India, Aug 31 2014 (IPS)As the United Nations gears up to launch its newest...
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When a Disaster Leaves Bathrooms in its Wake
Local communities in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) have grown accustomed to modern water and sanitation infrastructure in the decade since the Asian Tsunami. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy...
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How a Small Tribe Turned Tragedy into Opportunity
An Irula couple fishes in the creeks of the Pichavaram Mangrove Forest in Tamil Nadu. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPICHAVARAM, India, Nov 13 2014 (IPS)When the Asian tsunami washed over...
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CORRECTION/Sustainable Energy Starts With the Sun
Sunlight pours over a break in canal-top solar panels recently installed over the Vadodara branch of the Sardar Sarovar canal project in Gujarat. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS*By Malini ShankarBARODA,...
View ArticleOn World AIDS Day 2015: HIV Orphans in India Struggle With the Disease and...
Already 15 million people are accessing life-saving HIV treatment, according to UNAIDS. New HIV infections have been reduced by 35 per cent since 2000 and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 42...
View ArticleWater and Sanitation: Bridging the Gender Gap on India’s Seas
Jeeja Behera, 34, the wife of a fisherman in the village of Sannapatna in India’s cyclone prone Puri district, dreads the onset of the cyclone season between October and January every year due to the...
View ArticleIndia’s Children: Plagued by Preventable Diseases from Poor Sanitation
Though the state of Karnataka in India counts for a higher Human Development Index of 0.478 against the national average of 0.472 in the subcontinent, the continued deficit in water and sanitation...
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India Scores Low on Environmental Sustainability
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, India, Dec 26 2012 (IPS)Of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -development targets agreed upon by the international community, whose 2015 deadline is approaching...
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Mangrove Conservation Paves the Way to a Sustainable Future
The Irulas harvest produce from the mangrove forest for a livelihood. Here, an Irula man pulls a crab trap that he had laid out in the morning before heading off to fish in the sea. Malini...
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India Confronts Water Woes as it Transitions from MDGs to SDGs
India’s many mighty rivers like the Ganges and Indus not only irrigate vast tracts of farmland and provide life-sustaining resources to millions, they also form the basis of India’s hydropower plans...
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Preserving Mangroves Provides Protection and Food Security
By Malini ShankarCHIDAMBARAM TALUQ, CUDDALORE DISTRICT, India, Nov 13 2015 (IPS)At the dawn of Indian Independence, Government of India’s commitment to food security – in addition to the impact of the...
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Bewildering Biodiversity – A Success Story of Food Security for Indigenous...
By Malini ShankarCHIDAMBARAM TALUQ, CUDDALORE DISTRICT, India, Nov 20 2015 (IPS)The 2013 National Food Security Act of the Government of India seeks, according to its preamble, to “provide for food and...
View ArticleINDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 1
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jan 13 2012 (IPS) Tucked away in a dense and ecologically diverse tiger reserve in Southern India, tribes-people and wildlife defenders are locked in a battle of indigenous...
View ArticleINDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 2
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jan 14 2012 (IPS) As the amount of protected forest dwindles rapidly in India, indigenous groups and wildlife find themselves living cheek to jowl in an increasingly...
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Community Radio Tunes Into Ad Revenues in India
Fishers benefit greatly from community radio. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBANGALORE, India, Apr 6 2012 (IPS) Community Radio (CR) broadcasting in India, long bound by red tape, has...
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