Publication list
Finally worked on the layout of the publication list ~
2026
Schools in India today, Teacher Plus blog, Blog (Education)
Caste in the classroom, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education, Books)
Tryst with words, Sahyadri Newsletter, Blog (Education)
A book on rails that often derails, (The social life of Indian trains: A journey by Amitava Kumar), Deccan Herald, Blog (Book Review, Trains)
2025
Striking a balance in the world of children, Deccan Herald, Blog (Education)
Is craft centered education the way to go? (Gender and craftwork in rural society: The role of education by Nidhi Gaur), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review, Education)
Making economics accessible (Poor economics for kids by Esther Duflo and Cheyenne Olivier), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review)
A slide down the mountains (Up the Mountains of India by Mala Kumar), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review)
A book that nudges you to ask questions (My story, my voice: Sita and Helen by Shailee), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review)
2024
Touch me not (Adi and Anku by Aditi Gupta and Tuhin Paul), (co-authors: Arti Pandey, Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review, Education, Gender)
When kids take part in taking stock of books (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Deccan Herald, Blog, (Education)
Learning languages together, Deccan Herald, Blog,(Education)
About the children, for the children - Pratham Books, (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review)
Books and Us (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog, (Education)
Our journey with Pratham Books (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review)
2023
Surrounded by openness, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education)
Schools and other institutions, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education)
A taboo in our schools, Deccan Herald, Blog (Education, Caste)
The Fount of Imagination (Inked in India – Fountain Pens and a Story of Make and Unmake by Bibek Debroy with Sovan Roy), Deccan Herald, Blog, (Book Review)
Moving Beyond Comfort Zones, (co-authors: Arti Pandey, Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog (Education, Gender, Caste)
2022
Review of Between Heaven & Earth — Writings on the Indian Hills: Call of the mountains (Between Heaven and Earth – Writings on the Indian Hills by Ruskin Bond and Bulbul Sharma), The Hindu, Blog (Book Review, Travel)
Campus novel based in Banaras Hindu University (Banaras Talkies by Satya Vyas, translated by Himadri Agarwal), Purple Pencil Project, Blog (Book Review, Banaras)
Jaunpur and the magic of Sharqi architecture, Deccan Herald, Blog, (Travel)
How campus visits can help students (co-author: Sanjay Dwivedi), The Hindu, Blog (Education)
Books in the time of COVID (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog (Education, Books)
2021
Beginning the morning at school with poetry (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Deccan Herald, Blog (Education, Poetry)
Book fairs as educational spaces (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Deccan Herald, Blog (Education, Books)
Reassembling the assembly, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education)
The Endearing presence of the Pakad Trees, Deccan Herald, Blog (Trees)
Into the Wild (Big Cat Tales – Vintage encounters and stories by The Civil Junglees Collective), The Hindu, Blog (Book Review, Wildlife Conservation)
Mundeshvari temple: History in every stone, The Hindu, Blog (Travel)
What are the lesser known monuments of India? (A saint, a folktale and other stories by Rana Safvi), Purple Pencil Project, Blog (Book Review, Travel)
Beyond the clichéd north Indian village (Rumble in a village by Luc Leruth & Jean Dreze), Purple Pencil Project, Blog (Book Review)
An encounter with the elusive Gangetic dolphin, The Third Pole, Blog, (Wildlife Conservation)
2020
‘Tis the season for Malaiyo – The cloud like sweet that melts in the mouth, The Hindu, Blog, (Food, Travel)
Friends, conversations and a Bookstore in Banaras, Purple Pencil Project, Blog, (Books, Banaras)
Breaking the gender barrier: Not as tough as we assume, Deccan Herald, Blog (Education, Gender)
Our journey with books (co-author: Anshumalika Rai), Teacher Plus, Blog (Education, Books)
My friends the trees, Round Glass, Blog, (Trees)
Bishwanath Ghosh's Aimless in Banaras unravels city's grim realities, but through hackneyed clichés (Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India’s Holiest City by Bishwanath Ghosh), First Post, Blog (Book Review, Travel, Banaras)
2019
Scaling Great Heights, Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Himachal Pradesh)
This heritage resource is a mixed bag (UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India Series), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review)
Musical offerings in Hanuman’s Court, Sruti, Blog (Music, Banaras)
Animalia Indica: Sumana Roy curates stories that uphold bygone human-animal bond, dazzle with illustrations (Animalia Indica: The finest animal stories in Indian literature by Sumana Roy), First Post, Blog (Book Review)
Traffic jam in Tirthan valley, Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Himachal Pradesh)
Mirrored in words, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education)
At Varanasi’s Dhrupad Mela, a celebration of classical music unlike any other in India, First Post, Blog, (Music, Banaras)
Kangra’s toy train, The Hindu, Blog, (Travel, Trains, Himachal Pradesh)
Schools beyond Textbooks (Not Just Grades – Schools that educate differently by Rajeev Sharma), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review, Education)
A New Book on Great Himalayan National Park offers compelling insights into the quest to save the region (The Great Himalayan National Park – The Struggle to Save the Western Himalayas by Sanjeeva Pandey and Anthony Gaston), First Post, Blog (Book Review, Wildlife Conservation, Himachal Pradesh)
Bring your own tiffin box, The Hindu, India Hikes, Blog (Environment Education, Travel)
Cut that call: Ethics and Misuse of Artificial Birdcalls, Round Glass, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
2018
Back to the Books, The Hindu, Blog, Publication (Education, Books)
In the Twice-Born, Aatish Taseer goes beyond Ganga, Varanasi to explore India’s socio-political landscape (The Twice Born – Life and Death on the Ganges by Aatish Taseer), First Post, Blog (Book Review)
Ramnagar Kit Ramleela - How Ramcharitmanas is brought to life at one of the oldest ‘melas’in Varanasi, First Post, Blog (Banaras)
Bridge over the River Ganga, The Hindu, Blog, (Banaras, Trains)
The rise and fall of the Emerald Tigers: Raghu Chundawat’s book raises valid concerns, but disappoints (The Rise and Fall of the EMERALD TIGERS: Ten Years of Research in Panna National Park by Raghu Chundawat), First Post, Blog, (Book Review, Wildlife Conservation, Madhya Pradesh)
Nature education in schools: Where do we stand?, Teacher Plus, Blog (Environment Education)
As Varanasi's ghats come alive with music, the city could stake its claim to being India's cultural capital, First Post, Blog (Banaras, Music)
Sparks from a conversation, The Hindu, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Education)
Steed of the Jungle God: Raza Tehsin presents exciting tales from south Rajasthan’s wilderness (Steed of the Jungle God by Raza Tehsin with Arefa Tehsin), First Post, NBT Newsletter, Blog (Book Review, Rajasthan)
Varanasi’s Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh celebrates the city, and the Indian classical music tradition, First Post, Blog (Banaras, Music)
Don’t always go by the book, Teacher Plus, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Education)
A week with a bamboo raft, Eclectic North East, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Lessons in the outdoor, The Hindu, Blog (Environment Education)
Questions in search of answers (Textbooks for Sustainable Development: A guide to embedding by MGIEP, UNESCO), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review, Environment Education)
Wild in the backyard, (Wild in the backyard by Arefa Tehsin), iWonder, Blog (Book Review)
2017
Plastic is there to stay, onus is on us to change our lifestyles and protect the environment, First Post, Blog (Environment Education)
In the lap of nature, high on the mountains, Deccan Herald, Blog, (Travel, Himachal Pradesh)
Exploring green patches in urban areas, Deccan Herald, Blog, (Wildlife Conservation)
Environment Day: Of tokenism and ironies, The Citizen, Blog (Environment Education)
Eighteen tides and a tiger (Eighteen tides and a tiger by Anjana Basu), Goodbooks, Blog (Book Review, West Bengal)
Of the students, by the students, for the students, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Education)
By insisting on using these Latin or scientific names, are we missing the forest for the trees?, First Post, Blog (Environment Education)
“I don’t give a damn”: Our motto in public space, The Citizen, Blog (Environment Education)
A for alternative, E for education, The Hindu, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Education)
How serious are we about the earth?, The Citizen, Blog (Environment Education)
Imagining a new world (Talon the falcon by Deepak Dalal), Teacher Plus, April, Blog (Book Review)
Reimagining Environment, Teacher Plus, Blog (Environment Education)
Livelihoods for Conservation: Some Questions, The Citizen, Blog, (Wildlife Conservation)
The wild is in us not them, The Citizen, Blog (Life)
Co-creating experiences, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education)
The toll of ambiguity in the government’s culling orders, The Wire, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Educating for a More Sustainable Tomorrow (co-authors: Radha Gopalan, Suresh Jones) The New Leam, Blog (Environment Education)
The joy of doing absolutely nothing is simply priceless, The Quint, Blog (Life)
Wildlife Conservation's Not For Profits: Shying From The Mirror?, The Citizen, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Museums as learning spaces, Teacher Plus, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Education)
2016
Dampa: Caught in the midst of all, Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Is Environment Education in India at odds with its development agenda?, First Post, Blog (Environment Education)
Planning to educate, educating to plan (co-authors: Jayanta Pathak, Firoz Ahmed, Bibhuti Lahkar), Education for change, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Environment Education)
Planning to educate, Educating to Plan (co-authors: Jayanta Pathak, Firoz Ahmed, Bibhuti Lahkar), International conference for transforming education for children and youth, Paper presented, Blog (Environment Education)
Open House, The Hindu, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Hyderabad)
The debate over the culling of wildlife in India requires more than just sound and fury, SCROLL, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Where the ‘vermins’ fight for survival..., Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Declaring wildlife as vermin – Legalising Hunting?, Conservation India, Blog, (Wildlife Conservation)
Human support for biodiversity (co-author: Pankaj Joshi) Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Gujarat)
Will birds come to oil palm plantations?, Frontier Despatch, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Sentient beings or shooting targets?, Sanctuary Asia website, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Time for Action, Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Wildlife Human Conflict: Some Questions, Assam Tribune, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Education for a more sustainable tomorrow (co-authors: Radha Gopalan, Suresh Jones), International conference on Education as a driver for Sustainable Development Goals, Paper presented, Blog (Environment Education)
A year in the hills (Sangla: A valley of strange happenings by Katie Bagli), Teacher Plus, Blog (Book Review, Himachal Pradesh)
2015
Walking on the University Campus, Metro India, Blog (Hyderabad)
Mountain Musings, Sanctuary Asia, Blog, Publication (Travel, Himachal Pradesh)
On a wrong course?, Deccan Herald, Conservation India, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
The Choir that sings out of tune, The Hindu, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Joining the Dots (co-author: Swati Chaliha), Hornbill, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Nagaland)
My thoughts on local landscapes, wildlife conservation and the Dushera mela at Kullu, The Alternative, Blog (Travel, Himachal Pradesh)
Quandaries along a journey on wildlife conservation, Down to Earth Blog, The Alternative, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
Walk in a village – a story, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education, Nagaland)
Which way will we walk?: A story from mother’s tales and imaginary hot air balloons (co-authors: Tobias Dorr, Daniela Boos) Vikalp Sangam, WWTC, Blog (Environment Education)
2014
“Where does the trash go?”: Encouraging youth to take actions for a better climate, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Environment Education)
“Act if there is no tomorrow.”: Indian Youth on the track of the climate dialogue, Vikalp Sangam, Blog (Environment Education)
Mapping boundaries of Community Conserved Areas: Institutional and operational challenges (co-author: Swati Chaliha), IUFRO, Poster presented, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Nagaland)
Garo Hills: Gone with the coal?, Hornbill, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Meghalaya)
Dampa – Walking in a Tiger Forest, Sanctuary Asia, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Travel, Mizoram)
Keeping the questions alive!, Teacher Plus, Blog (Education)
Myth, mystery and unexplored beauty (In Focus: Secrets of the Northeast) – Cat condo – Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, National Geographic Traveller, Blog (Travel, Mizoram)
How green is your travel? (co-author: Yaranajit Deka), The Hindu, Blog, (Travel)
Marauding oil-palms, SAEVUS, Blog, (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Environmental issues of Northeast forests and wildlife: Expert Recommendation, Lonely Planet: Best Escapes – East and Northeast India, Blog (Travel, Wildlife Conservation)
Ferret-badger records from Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Nagaland, India, (co-author: Laltlanhlua Zathang), JBNHS, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland)
The Nawabs of Garo Hills (co-author: Yaranajit Deka), Sanctuary Asia, Blog (Travel, Wildlife Conservation, Meghalaya)
2013
Conservation Education in Meghalaya and Mizoram: Beyond names and comparisons, Education For Change, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram, Meghalaya)
A world unto itself, Terra Scape, Blog (Travel, Mizoram, Meghalaya)
What’s in a name?, SAEVUS, Blog (Environment, Education)
The Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock in Saiha Mizoram, India: Historical records, Recent sightings, and Conservation status, JBNHS, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
A day with Mara Thyultia Py (MTP) at Chakhang, Newsletter & Journal of The Rhino Foundation for Nature in NE India, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram)
Dikhu Green Zone In 'People for Parks' a report by Bittu Sahgal, Lakshmy Raman, Kritika Kapadia, Mallika Narvekar (co-author: Swati Chaliha), Sanctuary Asia, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Nagaland)
Driving down a forested lane: Elephants and other memories of the Garo Hills in The State of Wildlife in Northeast India: (1996 – 2011) – A Compilation of News from the Protected Area Update), Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Meghalaya)
2012
Thoughts from a conservation gathering: SCB Asia 2012, Protected Area Update, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
No toy nor tart, let it live in a lake, Deccan Herald, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Conservation Education: Questions enroute an invigorating journey, Society for Conservation Biology, Talk, Blog (Environment Education)
A Day in the Kuno Wilderness, Sanctuary Asia, Blog (Travel, Wildlife Conservation, Madhya Pradesh)
Conservation across landscapes: India’s approaches to Biodiversity Conservation, Book, (co-authors: Krishnan P., Ramakrishnan R, Saigal S, Nagar S, Faizi S, Panwar HS, Singh S), UNDP, Blog (Wildlife Conservation)
2011
Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri in Southern Mizoram, India, JBNHS, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Celebrating Wildlife Week at Mizoram, Ecotone, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram)
A walk through the life in Saiha, Hornbill, Blog (Travel, Mizoram)
Conservation Education Network, IZE Newsletter, Blog (Environment Education)
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) and Jerdons Baza (Aviceda jerdoni) in Saiha, Mizoram (co-author: T John), Indian Birds, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Hornbills in Southern Mizoram: history, beliefs and recent sightings, Indian Birds, Blog ( Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
2010
Kestrels in Saiha, Migrantwatch blog, Blog (Mizoram)
Conservation Education: Approaches and ideas from a national network, Newsletter of the NNHS, Blog (Environment Education)
State Animal and State Bird, Kiltheirawk, ASEP, Blog (Mizoram)
Fantail Flycatcher, Kiltheirawk, ASEP, Blog (Mizoram)
Letter to editor, Indian Birds, Blog (Mizoram)
2009
Learning from Action – Conservation Education with schools at Saiha, Education for Change, Newsletter of the Envis Centre for Environment Education, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram)
Conservation Education – Building on existing platforms, Zoos Print, Paryavaranmitra, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram)
Film screening an effective tool for conservation education, Mountain Forum Bulletin, DKC, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram)
Occurrence records of Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) in Northeastern India (co-authors: Rajamani Nandini, Kashmira Kakati), Asian Primates Journal, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Meghalaya)
Participatory Elephant Monitoring in South Garo Hills – Efficacy and Utility in a Human – Animal Conflict Scenario (co-authors: Anirban Datta Roy, A Christy Williams), Tropical Ecology, Paper presented at Tropical Ecology Congress at Dehradun (Uttarakhand) Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Meghalaya)
2008
Yellow-bellied Weasel (Mustela Kathiah) records from Mizoram, India, (co-author: S Lalramnuna), Small Carnivore Conservation, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
Week with the school, Zoos Print, Blog (Environment Education)
Employing Conservation Education to secure the Palak Lake Ecosystem – Mizoram (India) (co-authors: S Lalramnuna, Arpan Sharma, T Azyu) Asian Wetland Symposium, Blog (Environment Education, Mizoram)
Palak Lake in ‘Potential and Existing Ramsar sites in India’ by M Z Islam and A R Rahmani (co-authors: Anwaruddin Choudhury, Arpan Sharma), BNHS, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Mizoram)
2007
Tribals and large mammals: Survey of mammalian fauna and local attitudes towards wildlife in non protected areas in the vicinity of the Balpakram National Park, Meghalaya (co-author: Anirban Datta Roy) Tropical Ecology Congress, Poster presented, Blog (Wildlife Conservation, Meghalaya)
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