Elephants

This report is written by Suhas Chakma of Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program (IPLP), University of Arizona. Published in July 2024, the report examines the conflict between tiger conservation …

reportedly cut off their electricity lines and let elephants loose around their village to coerce the community … Department officials reportedly threatened to use elephants to trample tribal member’ homes in order to displace … reserve to create inviolate space for tigers and elephants. But land brokers, in connivance with the forest … consolidation of habitat of key species like tiger and elephants, besides requiring developmental activities like …

This summer, the residents of Palasgaon, an Adivasi village in Maharashtra, are staying indoors, forgoing their forest-based livelihoods due to an unforeseen threat. More worried about their life, the villagers …

This is the first ever report on the ‘state of the world’s migratory species’ and was published through collaboration between UNEP-WCMC (UN Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and …

sea turtles, whales and sharks in our oceans, elephants, wild cats, and herds of hooved species that … variety of bird species, as well as antelopes, elephants, bears, bats, whales, dolphins, sea turtles, …

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important historical ideas, the series has been sponsored …

times have been replaced by missiles. Horses and elephants and swords have made way for tanks, warplanes … water at the same time. They also began using elephants in various ways on wetlands and in rivers. War … chess, the king and the minister are flanked by elephants, horses, and boats. In front of them are the …

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

wedding, of festivals, of the infestation of elephants and cheetahs, and of hardships and grievances …

In Patalpur village, it's only the family of farmers, Ujjwal and Chandana Das who are still holding out against annual raids that devastate their crops and destroy their home. The …

First History Lessons is a series of three books published under ‘Revisiting the Craft of History Writing for Children’, a project by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), Kolkata. …

influence was to count the number of elephants each one owned. Keeping elephants was expensive, beyond the means … the size and majesty of their collections of elephants. To compete with the landowners, the British government … government also began to keep elephants for the use of their Malda bureaucrats. Joymoni was one such …

In times of divisiveness and hatred, a poet goes looking for the languages of love and liberty. And where else does she end up but in a gossamer of mother …

stitched centres of  flowers. The fish, horses, elephants, and bees marched to the rhythm of her untold …

National Museum of Asian Art Collection Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion (Friday, April 26, 1996 - Sunday, July 09, 2000)

National Museum of Asian Art Collection Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion (Friday, April 26, 1996 - Sunday, July 09, 2000)