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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicChipko movement

Topic: Chipko movement

Chipko won bigger battles than it set out to fight. Uttarakhand was one of them

The techniques of the Chipko Movement became the order of the day for the Uttarakhand statehood demand as well.

Chipko inspired the world. Not all its outcomes were positive

Ironically, the very demonstration of people’s attachment to their local ecology was used by centralised decision-makers to alienate them from it.

Google Doodle doesn’t tell full story of Chipko Movement. It began well before Gaura Devi

The popular characterisation of the Chipko movement as an ‘eco-feminist movement’ that started on 26 March 1974 is true, but only partially.

India’s environmentalism didn’t start with Chipko

The book might have begun as a conversation with Western perceptions of when and where environmentalism originated, but Guha asserted that he isn’t xenophobic.

An MIT economist said environmentalism is elite concern. India ‘too poor to be green’

In 'Speaking With Nature', Ramachandra Guha talks about the history of environmentalism and how the West dominated the narrative.

Sunderlal Bahuguna had wide political acceptance. Today’s environmentalists don’t

Some sections of the environmental movement currently in India may not have the cultural support that somebody like Bahuguna could command.

‘Guard of Himalayas’, ‘gentle warrior’ — Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of Covid at 94

Bahuguna was admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh on 8 May after he tested positive for Covid. The environmentalist was best known as the leader of the Chipko Movement.

Urban Chipko movements like #SaveMollem, Aarey here to stay. Govt will have to keep up

Whether to protect the elephant corridor in Dehradun, or Gurgaon residents walking to save the Aravallis, urban Chipkos are the new-age environmental warriors.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.