Articles by Shrishtee Bajpai

Shrishtee Bajpai is researcher-activist working on alternatives to mainstream development models. She is a member of Kalpavriksh, Pune, India.

[Commentary] ‘Righting’ the wrong: Rights of rivers in India

by Shrishtee Bajpai 23 June 2020

Imagine if the river Dibang in Arunachal Pradesh, currently at the centre of controversy because of the 3,097-megawatt (MW) Etalin hydroelectric project proposed to be built across it, had the…

[Book Review] Exploring alternate governance models for sacred natural sites

by Shrishtee Bajpai 20 May 2019

John Studley is forthright in his approach to governance models and is obviously frustrated with the anthropocentric approach to the variants propagated by conservation organisations. In his book, Indigenous Sacred…