The most recent cohort of NIF Fellows gathered on a spring evening in Delhi. The dinner brought together Fellows Amrita Sharma, P. Anima, and Urvashi Butalia from Delhi, Amandeep Sandhu from Bangalore, and Bakhtiar Dadabhoy from Hyderabad, alongside NIF’s in-house editor Rivka Israel and NIF Trustee Niraja Gopal Jayal. Conversation ranged across chapters and writing, editing and research. The Round 12 Fellows are halfway through their fellowship, and we look forward to the books they will bring into the world. @_asandhu @animabal @_a_m_r_i_t_a @NandiniNai

Anima Pookkunniyil | Round 12 NIF Fellow Welcome, Anima - We’re delighted to support this timely and layered project that weaves together ecology, commerce, history, and local voices to tell the story of a region in transition.

We are so thrilled to see our author @animbal on the prestigious @newindiafndtion fellowship list! ✨ We can’t wait to publish her book on the Chaliyar river, seen through the lens of history, ecology and human lives.

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How do you report stories about migrants, show the world their personal journeys, challenges and celebrations without coming across as too intrusive? In our second roundtable, journalists @animabal @amoolyarajappa @pirouetteworld and @JamwalNidhi weigh in on the subject. Listen here: spotifycreators-web.app.link… Audio and sound design: akshaygr.com ⁠@btrpt9738⁠

Madhav Gadgil has spent decades protecting people and the planet through research and community engagement. The Indian ecologist is among the 6 recipients of the @UNEP Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour. youtube.com/watch?v=LSemc89O…

Shorn of negotiator parlance, #Cop29 coalesces into the Jerry Maguire one-liner: Show me the money. The wide-open negotiating field called for exalted ambition and commitment. Both proved to be in short supply as the NCQG is set at USD 300 billion a year. livemint.com/news/india/cop-…

#SanjivKhanna, the next Chief Justice of India is taking charge at a time when the judiciary is waging a daily battle with burgeoning pendency and unceasing inflow of high-stakes cases. @kdrajagopal writes. trib.al/hV1m0Op

Watch | In this video, @kdrajagopal, Sreeparna Chakrabarty, and @AroonDeep discuss the Supreme Court’s recent judgement and the technical nuances surrounding the VVPAT system. trib.al/beB8Y3H

#ElectionsWithTheHindu | Ammunni, an 87-year old voter from Payyanakkal, gets a helping hand from her best friend Ayishabi at a polling station in Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency, Kerala.

Today, the COP29 Presidency held its official launch event at the COP29 office in Baku – revealing for the first time its logo to the world. #COP29AZE #COP29Azerbaijan

Writers and poets from unfashionable towns and the seemingly stagnant countryside have created monuments of literature. I review "Provincials," by @SumanaSiliguri wsj.com/arts-culture/books/p… via @WSJBooks

In @newyorkerhumor, from 2016: “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Bess Kalb. The cause of death was botulism from a homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam that was prepared by one of her housemates.” nyer.cm/7jz9A7x

Agrovoltaics is an integrated system aims at maximizing land productivity by harnessing solar power while simultaneously growing crops under photovoltaic solar panels. @animabal writes a detailed story on this practice: livemint.com/industry/agricu…

AN OPEN LETTER TO EDITORS AND MEDIA HOUSES

Success stories, children of #migrant workers leveraging access to education to break the cycle of poverty, serve as an impetus to create more inclusive classrooms in #Kerala. My story in @TMigrationStory themigrationstory.com/the-le…

Debt forced Rafik SK and Noorjahan to migrate from West Bengal to Kerala. Their daughters, Rokshat and Najiya, overcame language barriers and classroom bias to get an education. @animabal reports on children of migrant workers in Kerala schools themigrationstory.com/the-le…

thehindu.com/news/national/c… Mr. Nariman championed secular values, free speech and independent judiciary. He chastened, but laced his criticism with wry, often self-deprecatory, humour

The Conference of Parties is historically an annual gathering of countries that take slow steps towards combating the effects of climate change. What went down at COP28? @animabal explains in depth: livemint.com/news/world/cop2…

With #COP28 set to open in #Dubai in a few hours, a primer on what are likely to be the key #negotiation areas. My #Longstory in @livemint. #GlobalStocktake #LossAndDamage fund, #EnergyTransition #climatefinance livemint.com/news/world/cop2…