Take economist-turned-sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee, b. 1881), for instance. In 1922, he formally advocated the communal ...

This is exactly what Ramachandra Guha has uncovered in his latest book, Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism. Guha talked about his book and about the journey of pre ...

A critic of colonial capitalist expansionism in the Malabar region, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja envisaged a particular kind of society–nature equilibrium that has shaped modern Indian environmentalism.

The philosophy of environmentalism is no more than one ... Clearly, Mukerjee’s work remains entirely relevant, especially as the Indian government is still reluctant to cede control over ...