Opinion

Opinion | 482 Dead, And Counting: How A Glacier Collapse Became A Himalayan Disaster

What looks like a sudden flood is actually the final link in a chain of events unfolding across an increasingly unstable Himalayas

Blog | Madhav Gadgil: The 'Durable Optimist' Who Believed Science, Too, Has Obligations

Gadgil, despite decades of frustration and bureaucratic sidelining, believed that people could organise, that knowledge could travel, and that democracy, however delayed, could still correct its course.