Insight into the culture-nature perspective of Perunkulam (Perungulam)

Author: Saranya Editors: Avishi Water Seekers’ Fellow 2021 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum A dynamic concept, the definition of heritage continues to evolve with time. In recent years, the definitions prescribed by UNESCO for cultural and natural sites have become more inclusive and holistic (UNESCO n.d. a). Within this growing heritage spectrum, water […]

Migration and the Marginalised: Basic Services in Urban Spaces

INTRODUCTION The importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene, collectively known as WASH, has been stressed ever since the unprecedented rise of COVID-19. The emphasis was especially seen in urban centres where “inadequate sanitation” across informal settlements is an issue of concern. Often addressed as “messy and hidden”, migration and informal settlements that house rural migrants […]

टिकाऊ या सस्टेनएबल उपभोग : एक दक्षिण वैश्विक नज़रिया

लेखक : निखिल वेरघिस मैथ्यू सम्पादन : रिया सिंह राठौर एवं प्रियंवदा चौधरी 1992 में कनाडा के व्यवसायी मॉरीस स्ट्रॉंग की अध्यक्षता में हुई अर्थ समिट या वैश्विक शिखर सम्मेलन में सस्टेनएबिलिटी की वैश्विक परिचर्चा ने टिकाऊ उपभोग के परिवर्तन होने की ज़रूरत पर काफ़ी ज़ोर दिया। यह पहला मौक़ा था जब सस्टेनएबिलिटी पर विश्व […]

SPRF Bulletin

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A Transperson’s Odyssey to the Vaccine: With Dr Aqsa Shaikh

INTRODUCTION  The month of June, also known as international pride month, marks half a year since the start of India’s vaccination programme. It is pertinent to place the world’s largest vaccination drive under a queer lens to examine how inclusive the nation’s vaccine policy is, particularly for trans persons.  As of 18th June 2021, the […]

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Sustainable Consumption: A View From the Global South

The global discourse on sustainability has revolved around the need to transition towards “Sustainable Consumption” ever since it was introduced during the 1992 Earth Summit chaired by Maurice Strong, a Canadian businessman who made his wealth from the oil and gas industry. A couple of years later, the 1994 Oslo Symposium on “Sustainable Consumption” sought […]

Domestic Workers in India: An Invisible Workforce

Domestic Workers in India: An Invisible Workforce

  ABSTRACT  Domestic workers are an indispensable part of the everyday lives of a large segment of India’s urban population. However, in the absence of a national policy to recognise the specific nature of domestic work, their categorisation as ‘workers’ is merely theoretical. This issue brief highlights the isolated nature of domestic work in India, […]

Swachh Bharat Mission: An Evaluation

Swachh Bharat Mission: An Evaluation

Authored by: Anshu Chaudhery The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM, hereafter) was introduced in 2014 as an ambitious national project to eradicate open defecation, improve living conditions, ensure women’s safety, and achieve universal sanitation coverage. Open defecation, and the resultant contamination of water, has been an endemic problem associated with sanitation in India. The Lancet Journal, […]