Azera Parveen Rahman

Azera Parveen Rahman

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Azera Parveen Rahman is an independent writer and editor specialising in stories at the intersection of environment, health, development, and culture. She writes for diverse media outlets and consults with UNICEF and other development organisations as a writer and editor.

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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
Mosundori xaak. Photo by Azera Rahman.

Bihu is here, but where are the 101 varieties of herbs and greens?

Azera Parveen Rahman 13 Apr 2021

Invoking tradition and science to revive Meghalaya’s ponds

Azera Parveen Rahman 30 Nov 2020

Lost and found: The story of a plant and how a village is trying to protect it

Azera Parveen Rahman 5 Nov 2020
SHG members tending to the Herbal garden

A traditional healer combines ancient wisdom and training for healing and livelihood

Azera Parveen Rahman 19 Oct 2020

It takes a village – and an inspired leader – to protect Kutch’s unique inland mangroves

Azera Parveen Rahman 30 Sep 2020

Bera’s free-roaming leopards walk on thin ice as tourism grows

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Sep 2020

Locals brace to fight for their Oran in Rajasthan

Azera Parveen Rahman 20 Jul 2020

Odisha’s coastal migrants return to where they started

Azera Parveen Rahman 22 Jun 2020

The great Indian bustard has a new ally: its human neighbours

Azera Parveen Rahman 10 Jun 2020

With floods and COVID-19, Assam faces a dual threat

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Jun 2020
chinkara, poaching, lockdown

Rajasthan sees spike in wildlife poaching during COVID-19 lockdown

Azera Parveen Rahman 20 May 2020

Bishnois organise and educate themselves to take environment conservation beyond religion

Azera Parveen Rahman 7 Apr 2020

Delhi’s air pollution paves the exit route for urban families

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Dec 2019

Water woes: Kutch’s age-old Ajrakh craft faces its nemesis, once again

Azera Parveen Rahman 16 Oct 2019
A herd of elephants during floods in Assam. Photo by Arun Vignesh.

Kaziranga’s artificial highlands: Not the ‘real’ solution

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Aug 2019

Kutch’s Wagad or Kala cotton: Back from the (almost) dead

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2019

The invisible victims of drought-hit Kutch

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Jun 2019

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