Ajay Saini @writetoAJ

In my latest op-ed for @IndianExpress, I respond to Sonia Gandhi’s The Hindu op-ed, “The making of an ecological disaster in the Nicobar,” September 8. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

#Environment | "The Sentinelese are a beacon for the future," #TrilokiNathPandit tells @writetoAJ & Nancy. The anthropologist offers rare insights into the indigenous communities of the Andamans by tracing their ecology, social behaviour & more. frontline.thehindu.com/environment/se…

When Gandhi meets Ambedkar: How higher education institutions can change our villages indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via @IndianExpress By Ajay Saini, VK Vijay, and Vivek kumar

EPW Resource Kit, "Tribes of India", curated from its rich archives, is an essential repository for understanding Adivasi communities. @epw_in The section on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands features 10 articles—8 of which were contributed by me. epw.in/engage/article…

earthisland.org/journal/index.… By Ajay Saini & Anvita Abbi Earth Island Journal

Two decades ago, when the Indian Ocean tsunami wiped out their village on #GreatNicobar’s western coast, nine Nicobarese defied the odds & survived thanks to the sacred forest. Today, their lifeline faces obliteration by the "megaproject". | @writetoAJ frontline.thehindu.com/environment/gr…

The fate of Great Nicobar Island: Its Indigenous peoples displaced by aid, robbed by development By Ajay Saini, By Ajay Saini, @IndianExpress, 24 February 2025 indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

TRIBUTE | Sociology saved a young, restless #MichaelBurawoy, and, in return, he devoted a lifetime to breathing new life into the discipline. By Nancy & @writetoAJ. frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary…

#Books | With their lush tropical forests, turquoise waters, stunning beaches & heritage monuments, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands are a photographer’s paradise. But the book offers a brief account of the islands’ dark past. | @writetoAJ frontline.thehindu.com/books/book-rev… @PenguinIndia

This article, I will add, is a part of @frontline_india's special issue on the Great Nicobar project. Do read the whole issue -- the legal convolutions, ecological costs, afforestation claims, the claims of making a singapore... everything appals. x.com/vaishnaroy/sta…

Vaishna Roy @vaishnaroy

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This article, I will add, is a part of @frontline_india's special issue on the Great Nicobar project. Do read the whole issue -- the legal convolutions, ecological costs, afforestation claims, the claims of making a singapore... everything appals. x.com/vaishnaroy/sta…

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This fortnight in @frontline_india: A FRAGILE FUTURE | As the #GreatNicobar project picks up pace, fresh evidence suggests that it makes neither commercial nor ecological sense. Read everything from our issue here: frontline.thehindu.com

#MadhyaPradesh | The toxic waste disposal process is also an exercise in public information. Ideally, the company, its scientists, and the State pollution control authorities should be reassuring people about the process. @abaruah64 reports. frontline.thehindu.com/news/bhopal-ga…

Data with @TribalAffairsIn tells a discomfiting story: not all Eklavya Model Residential Schools are functional. While 716 such schools have been approved, an abysmal 476 are functional; remaining 240 are listed as non-functional. By T.K. Rajalakshmi. frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/edu…

New issue. With essays by former ambassador Jayant Prasad, the brilliant political economist Radhika Desai @RadDesai, the writer Tabish Khair, and academic Ambreen Yousuf. Waiting for #TrumpiusMaximus....

#Environment | To a first-time visitor, the Nicobar feels like another world, frozen in time. In the Nicobarese cosmology, all living & non-living entities are intricately woven into a singular, spiritual, moral & regenerative system. @writetoAJ writes. frontline.thehindu.com/environment/in…

"Empower the guardians of the earth, do not rob them" The Hindu, 6 January 2025 By Ajay Saini & @manishchandi epaper.thehindu.com/ccidist-ws/th/…

#Tsunami memory 20 years on. How insensitive aid triggered a social disaster for the Nicobarese. @writetoAJ writes.

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#Tsunami memory 20 years on. How insensitive aid triggered a social disaster for the Nicobarese. @writetoAJ writes.

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#Tsunami2004 | Exactly 20 years after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, the ravages of culturally-insensitive aid are still palpable in the lives Nicobarese lead. @writetoAJ writes. frontline.thehindu.com/environment/in…

#Books | Even though it is fiction, the distortion of North Sentinel Island's complex history & the gross misrepresentation of the endangered Sentinelese tribe make 'Island' a deeply troubling novel. Review by @writetoAJ. frontline.thehindu.com/books/book-rev… @speakingtiger14

This fortnight in @frontline_india: HAS THE WOMAN VOTER ARRIVED? | More women are coming out to vote and more cash schemes are being offered by political parties. But does this translate into empowerment? Read everything from the issue here: frontline.thehindu.com