Priyanka Thirumurthy

Head of Communications and Engagement at Asar

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Articles

Inside Auroville: How the BJP is turning a spiritual commune into a federal enclave

1 week ago | newslaundry.com | Pooja Prasanna |Priyanka Thirumurthy

In the heart of lush green Auroville lies a fenced-off plot of land – now referred to by many as the ‘mass graveyard for trees’. What we saw was overwhelming: hundreds of thousands of tree trunks stacked in massive piles. Our source alleged that the most valuable trees, like red sanders and chinar, were missing. Were they stored elsewhere, or had they simply vanished? “No one really knows, because there are no clear answers,” he said.
Inside Auroville: Power, profit, and plans for a federal enclave

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Pooja Prasanna |Priyanka Thirumurthy |Vidya Sigamany

This story is part three of our series: 'The Spirituality Industry: A Deep Reporting Project', in which we will look at various religious cults in the country, where they get their funds from, their secrets and why they are attractive among certain age groups, communities, etc. Read the first two parts here. In the heart of lush green Auroville lies a fenced-off plot of land—now referred to by many as the ‘mass graveyard for trees’.
Auroville caught in RSS and BJP’s nationalistic vision?

3 weeks ago | thenewsminute.com | Pooja Prasanna |Priyanka Thirumurthy |Vidya Sigamany

Auroville’s Matrimandir in the background with Jayanti Ravi, Secretary of Auroville Foundation, and TN Governor RN Ravi in the foregroundThis story is the first from our series: The Spirituality Industry: A Deep Reporting Project, in which we will look at various religious cults in the country, where they get their funds from, their secrets and why they are attractive among certain age groups, communities, etc.
Auroville caught in RSS and BJP's nationalistic vision?

3 weeks ago | thenewsminute.com | Pooja Prasanna |Priyanka Thirumurthy |Vidya Sigamany

This story is the first from our series: The Spirituality Industry: A Deep Reporting Project, in which we will look at various religious cults in the country, where they get their funds from, their secrets and why they are attractive among certain age groups, communities, etc. As you step into Auroville, you’re met with roads that emerge suddenly only to vanish just as abruptly.
Energy Transition: Time to start execution

Jul 31, 2024 | industrialeconomist.com | Priyanka Thirumurthy

Rooftop solar has received a substantial push through the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. The scheme aims to promote the adoption of rooftop solar in one crore households, with 300 units of free electricity monthly. Announced during the interim budget with an allocation of Rs 6250 crore, the national portal has received more than 1.28 crore registrations and 14 lakh applications.
From Delhi to Chennai - You don't need a heat wave to feel the burn every summer

Feb 4, 2024 | priyankathirumurthy.substack.com | Priyanka Thirumurthy

The world we live in is getting hotter. We don't need science and scientists to experience this truth. We feel the rising temperatures every summer in the sweat that we constantly wipe off our brows, in the increasing electricity bills as we struggle to sleep and finally in the abject fear we have in stepping out onto our roads on a hot afternoon. We intuitively know that the environment around us is changing but this truth is even more jarring when numbers are attached to it.
2023 - The Highs, Lows and everything in between!

Dec 30, 2023 | priyankathirumurthy.substack.com | Priyanka Thirumurthy

This last year has been one of many learnings and unlearnings! And in this edition of the newsletter, before we dive into climate completely in 2024, I thought let me take a pause and share some with you. It's too Hot! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Most importantly, I learnt to leave behind my 'fear of failure'. I began to push boundaries and take on projects that I never expected to come my way.
Why I left full-time Journalism to explore the world of Climate change..

Dec 3, 2023 | priyankathirumurthy.substack.com | Priyanka Thirumurthy

Two years ago my life changed beyond control. And a year ago, I consciously changed my life. This Newsletter is a product of the learnings that took place in between these two life changing incidents. I was a full-time journalist for 8 years and when I say full-time, I mean I was either doing or thinking about my work 24x7. I would get up in the mornings, read five newspapers, work through the day and then wonder what I would work on the next day.
A look at chess champion Praggnanandhaa’s journey so far, as he enters the World Cup final

Aug 22, 2023 | thenewsminute.com | Priyanka Thirumurthy

This profile on Praggnanandhaa was first published when he became India’s youngest grandmaster at the time in 2018. It is being republished as he enters the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023 final. On June 23, 2018, in a nondescript town in Italy, a Chennai boy was scripting history as he silently moved one chess piece after another, cornering his opponent with every move.
As fish numbers decline in Chennai, how can we consume seafood sustainably

Jul 19, 2023 | carboncopy.info | Priyanka Thirumurthy

Fishing communities, restaurateurs, and researchers agree on the need for alternative ways to consume seafood to limit further stress on marine life. This is the concluding part of CarbonImpacts’s 2-part series on exploring solutions for sustainable food consumption patternsIn October 2019, Chennai welcomed its first sustainable seafood restaurant ‘Sea Salt’, within the posh confines of Wallace Garden in Nungambakkam.