Chipko, Silent Valley, Narmada Bachao Andolan, and closer to home, the Save Aarey movement—when you think of environmental activism in India, these may be some issues that come to mind. The environmental and sustainability movement in India, however, goes back much further, as far back as the 1930s and '40s, when Radhakamal Mukerjee and J.C. Kumarappa wrote about environmentalism. Ramachandra Guha "stumbled across" the works of Mukerjee and Kumarappa in a library during the late 1980s, and from there went in search of other such "early environmentalists." Having found several who preceded even these two, Guha says he ended up filling several notebooks filled with material on India's "first wave" environmentalists.
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‘Attitude of police is that they know better than citizens’
Aftab Siddiqui (59) is a teacher turned activist based in Bandra.
Project registration with fake documents are a wake-up call
One of my friends has received a notice from the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to vacate his home on the ground that the building is “unauthorised” hence needs to be demolished.
Promised 200% profit, woman loses ₹92L
The scammers trapped her with the promise of providing 5%-200% profits on investment
A last resort for victims of misconduct and injustice
Independent body investigates allegations of abuse; recommends action against errant officers to the state government
Man jailed for killing student over rejection
A Thane sessions court has sentenced a man to life term for brutally killing a 21-year-old woman for refusing his friendship offer.
Get to know laws so you don't break them
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has spent jail time, makes a case for imparting legal education right from school
Life term for killing roommate
A sessions court has sentenced a 38-year-old man to life imprisonment for strangling his roommate to death over a financial dispute in June 2017.
ATS hits network aiding illegal Bangla migrants
Agency goes all out against undocumented immigrants; strives to get accounts frozen, subsidies stopped
Could plot to kill Siddique murder have been foiled?
During his arrest in separate case, Shubham Lonkar had revealed intent to kill Siddique, say sources
A company can be a member of cooperative society
A developer has purchased 9 flats in the name of his company in our society and he is in talks with others to sell their flats to him.
