The “Unruly” World: Unearthing the “Madness” in Nature

Written by Chandrima Home Rules govern our lives as well as all of society. We humans love to anthropomorphize the natural world. We try to identify characters, behaviors in the natural world that are more human-like and anything happening out of the box is often considered “mad”. I personally like collecting such local trivia about…

A Fishy Childhood Tale: A Close Encounter with Giant Snakehead

Written by Ranjeet Kumar Sahani It was August, 1996; I was six years old then and used to live with my grandmother in a village called Ghataha in Darbhanga district, Bihar. It was a sunny afternoon with wind gushing from all directions when I reached Anhari Pokhair (The Pond of the Blind lady).I had come…

Arriving At My Field Sites

Written by Rahul Muralidharan July, 2016 It has been two months since I began fieldwork this summer. After travelling around in the hope of finding two villages to study, I now feel that I have finally arrived. On the one hand, it is stressful as it took longer than expected to find these villages and settle…