A report on workshop | Naagas: The Knowledge and Science of underground springs in the Himalayas, Kinnaur

In the semi-arid landscape of Middle and Upper Kinnaur, natural spring water sources are a gift of nature and people are deeply dependent on them for domestic, cultural and irrigation purposes. Given the experience of the People’s Science Institute, Dehradun, they were invited to co-facilitate the workshop and share their expertise on local springshed management […]

The Missing Zangti

Photos : Sumit Mahar Text: Vaishnavi Rathore, with inputs from Manshi Asher The Himalayan region is highly sensitive towards changes in global climate, a fact that was reiterated by a recent study which suggests that more than half of glaciers in Satluj Basin would vanish by 2050. Above, is Satluj which before merging with Spiti […]