Azera Parveen Rahman

Azera Parveen Rahman

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An independent writer; fifteen years old in the field of journalism. The excitement at the prospect of a story however, remains as fresh as day one.

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Devsi Parmar (right) in a castor field with another farmer in Adesar, Kachchh. Image courtesy of Devsi Parmar.

As castor fields expand, a traditional mixed farming system shrinks

Azera Parveen Rahman 7 Apr 2025

Traditional foods return with demand for local, seasonal produce

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Dec 2024

Banni’s edible local grasses threatened by the spread of Prosopis

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Apr 2024

Kachchh potters fired up for change with improved kilns

Azera Parveen Rahman 22 Mar 2024

Say cheese! Traditional pastoralists embrace innovation with artisanal cheese

Azera Parveen Rahman 25 Dec 2023
Farmer Mhobatsinh Sindhal stands beside the C. wightii (Guggul) fence in his farm.

From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Sep 2023
Razak bhai's daughter Sai, hand paints the pots in Tuna. Photo by Azera Parveen Rahman.

Changes in local climate impact Kachchh’s traditional crafts and craftspeople

Azera Parveen Rahman 14 Sep 2023

Gujarat’s indigenous Patanwadi wool and sheep, on a steady fall

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Aug 2023
Image shows an orchid

Orchids are blooming earlier than usual in the northeast — and it’s not good news

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Jul 2023

Rajasthan is getting wetter and it’s not good news for the desert ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Oct 2022

Parents seek out sustainable ways to extend the life of children’s products

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Sep 2022

Sewing their way to a sustainable menstruation

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Apr 2022

India’s women and children highly vulnerable to climate change yet missing in climate policies

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Mar 2022

Assam’s perfume tree comes to the tea industry’s rescue

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Nov 2021

Misfired shot: Law to protect camel is contributing to its decline in Rajasthan

Azera Parveen Rahman 6 Sep 2021

Fish sanctuaries and community support for conservation of Meghalaya’s mahseer

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Aug 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021

On the path to reclaiming their land: the story of Banni and its Maldharis

Azera Parveen Rahman 14 Jun 2021

A wake-up jolt? Assam’s 6.4 quake exposes its vulnerabilities

Azera Parveen Rahman 17 May 2021

Eucalyptus plantations in Andhra Pradesh sway between economy and ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Apr 2021

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