Nirmal Ghosh
@karmanomad
Author & Independent Writer; Wildlife Conservationist; Former Foreign Correspondent. Views personal, RTs not endorsements.
For the sake of God, leave Manimahesh Kailash out of your trash! This is the abode of Mahadev, not a dumping ground. What’s happening here is utterly shameful.
USG launches investigation of Harvard University's participation in Exchange Visitor Program state.gov/releases/offic…
Haridwar's total daily waste processing capacity is 30-50 MT. This tiny town invited 40 mn to come over to 40000 MT of waste (largely single use plastic, multi-layer plastics, PET, sewage) in a month. It nearly the same waste generated by a Tier - I city in a single day. When…
This is looming over the tariffs. congress.gov/crs-product/LS…
"A word of caution about any of these announced “deals”: they are far from final." fulcrum.sg/trumps-tariff-…
A 1910 US Army canteen discovered in a remote village near Margherita—possibly left behind during WWII when American troops moved through Assam.
Few cafés in the sleepy Laotian tourist town of Luang Prabang boast armed guards, but Kin Liao Coffee is not the average café. - @GI_TOC / @MongabayOrg news.mongabay.com/2025/07/large-…
Filed under: How to Lose India in 10 Days
"Talks regarding mediation on Kashmir will be held with the Pakistani leader on Friday", US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce
Today, the United States announced our decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Like many UN organizations, UNESCO strayed from its founding mission. Going forward, U.S. participation in international organizations must make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
Linear infrastructure like roads, railways, dams, powerlines, etc, silently wreak havoc in the grand scheme of ecosystem and biodiversity. They divide habitats, making it harder and sometimes impossible to cross for many species. And many perish in the attempt to do so.…
"blaring DJ music and unruly crowds" #KanwarYatra2025 moneycontrol.com/city/elephants…
GOP megabill’s final score: $3.4T in red ink and 10 million kicked off health insurance, CBO says politi.co/40tufo8 via @politico
While a 130 sq km swathe of ancient #rainforest will be razed, scientists were pressured to report that fragile habitats may be 'translocated." Must-read excellent story on an #ecocide & the fall of #India once hailed as a #conservation leader globally @rishpardikar…
“The moment this port comes up, we should forget about Great Nicobar” Former faculty at @wii_india K Sivakumar resigned in 2022. He was principal investigator for a report on the project. @rishpardikar reports article-14.com/post/how-scien…
Actually Chinese were imported to build the railroads. 😱
MILLER: If you look at photos of the Empire State Building being built, you don’t see any illegal aliens. When you look at the photos of the NASA control room during the moon landing, you don’t see any illegal aliens. Americans built, sustained, and powered this country for two…
I have been to Vietnam twice. Nobody asked me my caste there. Nobody was curious about what i was eating. Nobody beat me up for my dietary choices. Nobody spat gutkha on the road. We should all visit Vietnam. And learn.
Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.
Israeli-born Holocaust scholar @bartov_omer says Israel’s war in Gaza now meets the legal definition of genocide. Part 1 of my conversation with the @BrownUniversity professor: