Over three decades, the Chipko Movement travelled from a quiet Garhwal village to the corridors of power, and eventually even helped shape the demand for a separate Uttarakhand state. Chipko and its ...

Chamba: Chipko movement had two distinct waves with different priorities, said Vijay Jardhari, adding that women participated more actively than men on the ground level and various movements that ...

Writing history, especially contemporary history, is always a challenge on account of the multiple versions of the same occurrences. Even the dates are contested. But, in general, the ‘printed word’ ...

Women were the main drivers of the movement, with many immortal images of them hugging trees to prevent their being cut down. The Chipko Movement began on 26 March 1974 in the small valley of ...

Dehradun: Sunderlal Bahuguna, 94, one of India’s best known environmentalists and pioneer of the ground-breaking ‘Chipko movement’ that started in the Uttarakhand hills and became a hallmark of green ...

Ramesh Pahari said that Chipko has found new mediums. He is now focused on recharging local streams and water bodies and ensuring the groundwater level remains healthy Rudraprayag: Chipko was a ...

Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan-led division bench of the High Court of Uttarakhand in its judgment of 14 July 2021 dismissed the petition of villagers of Reini, known for the Chipko movement, ...

The Chipko Movement: A People’s History by Shekhar Pathak, translated from the Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry, is the winner of the 2022 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize. The Chipko Movement was ...

Classical Indian music trickled through Faculty Glade where more than a dozen students, faculty members and Berkeley residents gathered Friday for a midday rally. Passing students paused to admire red ...