Articles by Amrita Sen

Amrita Sen is an environmental sociologist, interested in issues spanning urban ecology, forest conservation, participatory natural resource management and environmental justice.

[Commentary] Cyclone Bulbul in the Indian Sundarbans: Another lesson on deltaic vulnerability and resilience

by Amrita Sen, Jenia Mukherjee 2 December 2019

Bulbul, one of the most recent tropical cyclonic storms, wreaked havoc in southern West Bengal along with parts of Odisha on 8th and 9th November 2019. The storm is said to…

[Commentary] Surviving in the fragile Sundarbans delta: Will the new government respond?

by Amrita Sen 16 July 2019

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) making a landslide victory in the 2019 general elections of India, one cannot relegate apprehensions about the ways in which…