Articles by Bahar Dutt
Will the wildlife amendment bill save India’s rich biodiversity?
This time around, substantive changes have been introduced in the wildlife Act

Published on Jan 16, 2022 09:01 PM IST
An ode to the Megapode sanctuary
The NBWL denotified a wildlife sanctuary in the Nicobar Islands because it had gone underwater. If a national park on mainland India were to get burnt from forest fires, would we restore and rewild it or would the NBWL then proceed to denotify it?

Updated on Jun 04, 2021 07:17 PM IST
In a post-pandemic world, a green budget as a vaccine for nature
Forest officers complain that while budgets are announced with great fanfare, how much reaches the states and when is crucial. Due to the delay in disbursement of funds, salaries to frontline staff and daily wage workers also get delayed.

Updated on Jan 27, 2021 07:31 AM IST
Turn the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity
It is not merely a public health scare. Decarbonise the economy, reduce air travel, and ban wildlife trade

Updated on Mar 12, 2020 05:59 AM IST
Instead of fighting, wildlife authorities must focus on tracking Sariska’s missing tiger
It’s been six month since a tagged tiger vanished from the tiger reserve. Two agencies are fighting about who’s to blame

Published on May 30, 2018 12:03 PM IST
A mitti ka ghar: Concluding the story of a Delhi couple’s tryst with farm life
They’d bought the land and sown the seeds. Now it was time to build a house. But natural materials were proving hard to find. Even harder was finding experienced labour.

Updated on Feb 04, 2018 08:09 AM IST
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Planting the first seeds: A Delhi couple’s adventures with farm life continue
Wheat was easy — sow, reap, spray and sell. But when we tried to raise corn without pesticides, it turned out so sad-looking, it sat at the mandi all night, unsold.

Updated on Jan 28, 2018 09:52 AM IST
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Bahar Dutt
We bought a farm: A Delhi couple’s adventures with simple life
Shady contractors, sceptical neighbours and vegetables that just didn’t look right... nothing was as they’d imagined.

Updated on Jan 28, 2018 03:48 PM IST
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Bahar Dutt
The creatures without a vote hold the key
While contemporary writings on the Ganga have focused largely on pollution, its role as a riverine ecosystem that supports rich biodiversity — 40 species of zooplanktons, 50 species of insects, 12 species of turtles and two mammals have been recorded — has largely been ignored. Bahar Dutt writes.

Updated on Jul 06, 2014 10:29 PM IST
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An open letter to Veerappa Moily
The extinction of vultures will have deep ramifications on the country’s ecosystem and public health.

Updated on Jan 30, 2014 10:51 PM IST
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Bahar Dutt
It’s time to act tough
Jayanthi Natarajan’s performance in the past year has left much to be desired, Bahar Dutt writes.

Updated on Jul 23, 2012 04:37 PM IST
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Different rules for different people
The protests against a nuclear plant in Jaitapur have been tagged as ‘anti-national’. Is it fair to do so? Bahar Dutt writes.

Updated on Apr 27, 2011 09:18 PM IST
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Not-so-little green men
Kalahandi, once known for its starvation deaths, is today the epicentre of the ‘environment versus development’ debate. But it wasn’t until Jairam Ramesh echoed the Dongriya Kondh tribe’s complaints that the issue took centrestage, says Bahar Dutt.

Updated on Mar 06, 2011 01:51 PM IST
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Bahar DuttTake the bull by the horns
Shaking up a ministry after years of lethargy will be the biggest challenge for Jairam Ramesh. But shaking his own legacy might be even a bigger challenge, writes Bahar Dutt.

Updated on Aug 18, 2009 09:56 PM IST
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A slice of doomsday tourism
The icebergs are melting. Closer home, at Gangotri, the glaciers are slowly becoming a puddle of water. Go before it’s too late, writes Bahar Dutt.

Updated on Jun 05, 2009 09:59 PM IST
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Always a blind spot
I look at the rhetoric surrounding Elections 2009 and wonder — has any political party promised to improve the state of the environment for you and me? Or thought about our right to fresh air or clean water — commodities that have become a rarity in an urbanising India? Bahar Dutt examines....

Updated on May 04, 2009 11:40 PM IST
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Tiger king
The Big Cats of Sariska need a young and nimble brigade to save them. What we have instead is a greying force, writes Bahar Dutt.

Updated on Oct 03, 2008 10:07 PM IST
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A watertight case for action
In an Indian conservation scene plagued by habitat destruction and poaching, here is one species that can be saved, writes Bahar Dutt.

Updated on Jan 14, 2008 10:14 PM IST
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Burning too bright
The Indian media are obsessed with numbers. Worse still, the obsession is restricted to the numbers of only one species, the tiger, writes Bahar Dutt.

Updated on Nov 12, 2007 11:34 PM IST
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Green devolution
The Tribal Bill must reinstate its commitment to conservation. In this, forest-dwelling communities have a far greater responsibility than the Bill envisages for them at present, writes Bahar Dutt.

Published on Aug 24, 2006 03:55 AM IST
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Jobless snake charmers hunt for livelihood options
Jobless snake charmers hunt for livelihood options

Updated on Mar 02, 2004 04:53 PM IST
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Bahar Dutt and Dipankar Ghose