Manshi Asher

The only time or reason when the attention is on the mountains, is when they are calling (the tourists) or when they are falling (#disasters). The latter, unfortunately, is when one can raise voices on the crises in the #Himalaya & be heard. So here goes #Monsoon2023 (1/8)

if you're wondering why 'the dam has broken' on Gaza, it's simple. Israel carried out their final solution. It's done. Every town has been flattened, everyone still alive is experiencing a level of famine they can't come back from. Criticizing it now is too late. That's why.

Bengal man detained in Rajasthan for two months for allegedly being Bangladeshi. Later, he was expelled to Bangaladesh. The family shown documents proving they have been living in India before 1941 and Sheikh has a birth certificate too. scroll.in/latest/1084902…

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… A special issue on Himalayan Masculinities that I co-edited with Ritodhi Chakraborty and Matthew Wilkinson is now out!

New, open access paper in @antipodeonline examines long term making of energy sacrificial zones in Global South, with green energy being latest avatar. 'A Green Energy Frontier Long in the Making: From Tin to Solar Power in the Riau Islands, Indonesia' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Take some time to watch our film, where @kri_tikka brewed magic into our travel across 200 km in bengal & Sikkim. What is it like to live in the shadow of glacial lakes and hydropower projects? Especially, when the two are a bad combo. @pulitzercenter scroll.in/video/1084817/…

100 dams officially declared to be at risk from glacial lakes in 6 Himalayan states, whose area has expanded by 70% since 1990. #dams #disasters m.economictimes.com/news/new-updat…

Dams as tools to wield power at multiple levels ... #Tibet #China #hydropower #dams express.co.uk/news/world/208…

Despite the stern warning about #Glyphosate health impact, a committee is seeking approval for herbicide tolerant #HtBtCotton. All members of the committee should be held accountable for any future health and environment damage that the society will face. pan-europe.info/press-releases…

🚨A 2023 glacial lake burst wrecked a dam, flooding Sikkim & Bengal. As the dam is rebuilt, Teesta swells every monsoon, its bed choked with silt from that first disaster. People are still living in relief centers. scroll.in/article/108394… supported by: @pulitzercenter

Excellent ground report from Seraj, Mandi District. Construction without historical geological sensibility continues to cause havoc in the region.

Scientists assessing the impact of #GreatNicobar project to cut 130 sq km of ancient forest were bound by non-disclosure clauses, rushed through deadlines, and pressured to produce favourable reports ahead of environmental clearances. @rishpardikar reports article-14.com/post/how-scien…

A tragedy struck #Himachal's Seraj valley 20 days ago. Here are people's voices on the compounding disaster with unprecedented losses, starkly visible yet unfathomable. Note to the MP: Rehabilitation is colossal challenge not a 'panchayat' matter. Take it. tinyurl.com/2re8bezy

India's environment ministry has exempted 78% of thermal power plants from installing pollution cutting FGD systems. A major rollback on clean air. Leniency for coal or incinerating waste in the name of “waste to energy”; Where’s the priorities? @PMOIndia @CPCB_OFFICIAL

"Debt is the most efficient means ever created to make relations fundamentally based on violence and inequality seem morally upright."

Women crying as bulldozers demolished homes Homes of over 1,000 Bengali-origin Muslim families, also known as Miya Muslims, bulldozed in Goalpara eviction drive VC: special arrangement scroll.in/latest/1084452…

We are hiring a Residential Fellow at the @eklavya_india's residential campus in Nagpur! As a Residential Fellow, you will work closely with our flagship undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts, supporting and streamlining program operations.

Through this video made back in 2023 we raised the question of rehabilitation for #disaster displaced communities which is becoming difficult to address given the FCA 1980. Steps need to be taken under the provisions of NDMA to issue special orders. youtu.be/X82E3ZaICkA?si…

Remember the Morbi bridge collapse? The allegations of a cover up? The delay in framing charges? Today, another bridge has collapsed in Gujarat, killing 9 innocents. As long as we continue the culture of cover ups, lives will continue to be cheap.

1400 homes bulldozed. 10,000+ people displaced. Imagine the scale of that horror. And yet, there will be no national outrage because our society has completely lost the ability to empathise when the victims are Muslim.