Pashoo Pakshee and its founder Savini Sonavaria always fascinates me. From creating awareness about wildlife, forests, and tribes through their products, to help preserve traditional skill sets, to supporting close to 250 artisans across India, Savini has not only provided a sustainable livelihood opportunity to the most vulnerable of our community members across protected areas […]
They are bright, they are bold, and they are indomitable. They are illustrators, writers, researchers, forest officers, entrepreneurs, educators, and more. Behind their dauntless demeanour are gentle, kind hearts that beat to the rhythm of nature. Meet these ten fantastic women of India’s wilds, fighting all odds to protect and preserve the wilderness for the […]
By – Bhavna Menon The first time I met Pooja was at her beautiful Mahashakti Seva Kendra center with her army of women, hard at work to finish an order, but proud and smiling even then. Making a difference to the Earth, and to the lives of women one step at a time, we need […]
By Anirban Dasgupta In the heartland of India today, nestled amidst the diverse and vibrant culture of India, lies a community rich in tradition and resilience – the Dusadh (Paswan) community. For centuries, these communities particularly the women had been at the receiving end of age-old man-made rules imposed by upper castes. One of many […]
She is one bright, bold, and determined lady in a forest officer’s uniform. She has led teams to rescue tigers, elephants, sloth bears, leopards, and more, sometimes coming dangerously close to these powerful wild animals. She has nabbed poachers who mercilessly kill our wildlife and brought justice to the voiceless. A mother of two young […]
Amidst all the dynamics of wildlife – the flora and fauna, all the debates on conservation, all the stories and path-breaking documentaries – remain hidden under the shades of the green bushes, ‘unglamorous’ stories of everyday struggle and unconditional dedication and love for nature that they also call home. “They” are the unsung heroes of […]
How often we make the mistake of addressing the issues of wildlife and conservation with a binocular vision and not the entire ecosystem. When we talk about the ecosystem of wildlife – the animals , trees and people associated with the entire system and locals- each of them carry the same importance and play their […]
Priyanka Kadam is the President and Founder of Snakebite Healing & Education Society (SHE-India), an organisation based in India that was founded to address snakebite and snakebite related issues in India. Priyanka along with her tem have been doing a job many would avoid in these days of glamour and money. On the other hand, […]
Mumbai based NGO Earth Brigade Foundation has taken a pledge to donate oxygen concentrator machines to Forest Departments across the country. TW is happy to share the noble initiative of these green warriors in time of real crisis. The unprecedented pandemic situation has taken the whole world on the hop. Governments and health administrations world […]
Vipul Maurya looks even younger in his 30s with most of his friends recall him in his typical attire of a winter jacket, trek-shoes, rucksack and ofcourse DSLR and lens. Extremely polite and soft spoken Vipul has been a wildlife lover right from his childhood days. But unlike many of us, he has not ignored […]