Work

I currently work with Canopy Collective and Green Hub as the Nature Education Coordinator, based in Tezpur, Assam. Since July 2023, on being awarded the Inlaks Foundation's Ravi Sankaran Small Grant for Conservation, I have been leading a nature education program in Changlangshu village in eastern Nagaland, which in collaboration with the local Biodiversity Management Committee aims to foster feelings of connection and ownership among the youth to long-term eco-restoration efforts in the village. I have also been supporting the Green School initiative in Gobuk, Arunachal Pradesh, led by Green Hub alumni, with program building and resource creation. My role also involves organising workshops and providing accessible opportunities to nature educators in Northeast India to develop and enhance their work and programs.

ARTICLES

Understory of a Painted Forest

The art forms of India’s indigenous communities hide magnificent stories of culture, nature, and belonging. This is an exploration of this world of stories that lie underneath the densely patterned canopy of indigenous art; a world that is often ignored, but a world that preserves lessons of love, harmony, and co-existence.

Visiting a Disappearing World

In the boundless forests of Dibang Valley lies a magnificent world - a world where nature and spirit meet in the culture of the Idu Mishmi people, creating an entire ecosystem of lore, ethics, knowledge, and belongingness. In the face of tough threats and challenges, this world waits to be appreciated for all the lives and lessons it holds. We visit this world - through its words, ideas, and people - one story at a time.

Nature Moves in Action - Glimpses from Workshops and Classrooms

As a part of Nature Classroom's Nature Moves initiative of designing and trialing movement-based nature learning resources, we trialed some activities with educators and children. Here's a few glimpses of our experience.

No, the COVID-19 Pandemic is not Healing the Planet – But, Something Else Can

Peacocks in Mumbai, dolphins in Venice, dinosaurs in Bhopal, and the list goes on. Apparently, the on-going pandemic is ‘healing’ nature. Now, how true is that? And if not the pandemic, can something or someone else out there heal the planet once and for all?

Understory of a Painted Forest (Republished in Vanapremi Magazine)