Angana Chakrabarti

1 month ago | hindi.mongabay.com | Angana Chakrabarti

नागालैंड के चाखेसांग जनजाति से आने वाली कार्यकर्ता सेनो त्सुहा मोटे अनाज और पारिस्थितिकी के हिसाब से खेती को फिर से जीवित करने की पहल की अगुवाई कर रही हैं। इससे समुदायों को पारंपरिक ज्ञान को बचाए रखते हुए जलवायु परिवर्तन के हिसाब से ढलने में मदद मिल रही है। भारत-नागा संघर्ष के बीच पली-बढ़ी त्सुहा ने अपना जीवन सामुदायिक विकास, देसी ज्ञान, सामाजिक न्याय और पर्यावरण को बचाने में लगा दिया। मोंगाबे के साथ इस बातचीत में, वह समुदाय और आजीविका के जरिए स्थिरता और महिलाओं को सशक्त बनाने की अपने सफर के...

2 months ago | india.mongabay.com | Angana Chakrabarti

Seno Tsuhah, an activist from Nagaland’s Chakhesang tribe, has been leading initiatives to revive millet cultivation and ecological farming, helping communities adapt to climate change while preserving traditional knowledge. Growing up amid the Indo-Naga conflict, Tsuhah dedicated her life to community development, advocating for indigenous knowledge, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

Nov 14, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Martin Bright |Jemimah Steinfeld |Clemence Manyukwe |Angana Chakrabarti

Hybrid regimes, illiberal democracies, democraship, democratura: these are all slightly terrifying new terms for governments drifting towards authoritarianism around the globe. We have been used to seeing the world through the binary geopolitics of the more-or-less democratic free world on one side, and the straightforward dictatorship on the other. But what is Hungary under Viktor Orbán? Or Narendra Modi’s India?

Nov 8, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Jemimah Steinfeld |Martin Bright |Clemence Manyukwe |Angana Chakrabarti

Apologies for another newsletter hitting your inbox that opens on the US election results, but it feels remiss not to talk about something that could have large implications for global free expression. Donald Trump is not a free speech hero. As I wrote on Wednesday here his attacks will start with the media. Where they will stop is anyone’s guess. To say we are unnerved by the prospect of another four years of Trump is to understate.

Nov 7, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Clemence Manyukwe |Angana Chakrabarti |Jemimah Steinfeld

Mozambique has resorted to an internet shutdown, denying people their right to participatory democracy amid widespread post-election protests that have seen security forces kill at least 20 people. There has been growing unrest since 24 October, when the country’s National Electoral Commission (CNE) declared Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party the winner of the 9 October general election with 71% of the vote, amid vote rigging claims.