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A woman washes clothes near a well. Most village wells in Melghat contain murky water, which women use to wash clothes and utensils, leading to diseases and infections. Image by Abhijeet Tangde.

Despite dams and water schemes, tribal villages live with drought

Kiran Gite, Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Aug 2025

V.B. Ajayakumar: A relentless voice for human rights and climate justice [Obituary]

Arathi Menon 5 Aug 2025

Human-wildlife conflict encounters highlight mental health concerns

Robin Chauhan 28 May 2025
Nagaland activist Seno Tsuhah

[Interview] How a Nagaland activist is reviving traditional practices to combat climate change

Angana Chakrabarti 10 Feb 2025

[Photos] In the dark world of white clay

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 24 Sep 2021

Indian businesses to consider their human rights impact under proposed plan

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Mar 2020

Mulai Kathoni: a young man’s dream is now a thriving ‘people’s forest’

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 14 May 2018

The women in Assam who live alongside rhinos

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 30 Nov 2017