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Society, Culture, Religion and History
‘Have a selfish interest in environment’
Posted on 23 Dec, 2016 11:01 AMNoted environment lawyer Ritwick Dutta received the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the recently concluded India Rivers’ Week. We catch up with him on his journey so far and how we can further expand the constituency of environment.
Q. Who was your idol and what did you learn from him/her?
![Ritwick Dutta (left) receives the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at India Rivers' Week.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ritwick.jpg?itok=81QnPox8)
Anupam Mishra: The Gandhian I know
Posted on 23 Dec, 2016 10:25 AM“I remember I need to work on that article of yours. Will do that when I get better,” Anupam ji said taking my hands in his. He had gone weak, was in a lot of pain but still took out the time to attend the inaugural day of India Rivers’ Week (IRW) last month.
![Source: Ted Talks](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/anupam.jpg?itok=6Q_0SqAM)
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
![Siddharth Agarwal (Photo credit-Siddharth Agarwal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12916694_10153341192037373_5456143043051880350_o.jpg?itok=05KgJG4m)
Open letter to Uma Bharti, Minister for Water Resources
Posted on 20 Dec, 2016 08:03 PMHon’ble Madam,
Namaskar,
![Chhatris on the banks of the Betwa river. (Source: Vadaykeviv Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/betwa_river.jpg?itok=OFaX5vlc)
Soon a single tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:45 PMGovernment decides to create a permanent tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
![Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_0.jpg?itok=PiFSngzn)
Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks to take Clean India Mission forward
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 10:48 AMEvery district in India to have 600 Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks soon to rid the country of open defecation
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On a wing and a prayer
Posted on 18 Dec, 2016 06:35 AMRenuka can be forgiven if she were to feel a bit crazy at times. Like many other women, she could be finding it hard to balance her pious and wild sides.
![Peaceful on the surface, Renuka lake is a battleground between conservation and religion.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/renuka_wetland_cover_photo.jpg?itok=JWdj9waj)
Summer of discontent
Posted on 14 Dec, 2016 11:35 AMOn a 29 sq km tract of land in Bharatpur, Rajasthan lies the wildlife reserve, Keoladeo national park, locally known as Ghana. Birds enjoy the open water while wildlife roams freely in this montage of wetland, grassland and forest. The wetland, which is man-made, has a diversity of open water, trees and grasses.
![An Indian cormorant dries its wings at Keoladeo national park, Bharatpur. (Source: Aastha Singh, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/an_indian_cormorant_drying_its_wings-aastha-singh.jpg?itok=3i--H-Xj)
NGT cancels illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake
Posted on 13 Dec, 2016 07:19 AMGood news for Sambhar Salt Lake
![Sambhar Lake, India's largest salt lake. (Source: IWP's Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2971840426_eb67304faf_z.jpg?itok=go_RIKLM)
Breathing life into Baitarani
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 12:13 PMPranab Choudhury has been actively engaged with the causes of the poor and the environment for more than a decade.
![Pranab Choudhury](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumb_dsc0041_1024.jpg?itok=Zn5i5BzD)