Small Beings, Art & Us
Can an art exhibition become a space to observe, learn, and discuss insects and their conservation? Yes, it happened, thanks to Vadodara-based Nature Art Us Foundation.
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Akbari Manja: 62 years of passion, jugaad and perfection
In a pixel story Sanjana Jagtap explores 62-year-old manja making unit in Vadodara Every year around December, B C Mistry compound in Fatehgunj, Vadodara witnesses a confluence of skills, colours, passion, and people. The compound…
Confronting privilege during flood
Recent flood event in my city questioned my awareness. The awareness of self, people and nature around me. I was doomscrolling. Social media was flooded with aggressive complainers that day. The doorbell rang. I opened…
Vulture experts to Govt: Ensure all veterinary drugs are vulture-safe before issuing licence to release into the market
Recently held National Symposium on Vulture Conservation has proposed a call-to-action-statement to protect the vultures in the continent Can a decline in bird population cause an increase in human death? Yes! It is very much…
The Phoebus Cartel: A Lesson in Planned Obsolescence
The year is 1920. In a closed room, CEOs and representatives of world’s biggest lightbulb manufacturing companies are sitting around a table, engaged in a serious discussion. The average lightbulb manufactured at that time had…
‘Vidarbha to Vadodara’, a sweet and sweaty migration, year after year
On Vadodara’s Chhani-Sama canal road, under the canopies of two mango trees and one neem tree, a sugarcane juice extractor is standing. It is wooden but mechanical. A few feet away on footpath, Laxman Dhale…