How to Survive Climate Change in the India-Bangladesh Borderlands
As erosion and rising waters threaten the Sundarbans, an anthropologist advocates for new, bottom-up approaches to living in a changing landscape.
Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Yasaswini Sampathkumar is a journalist based in Guwahati, India. She writes about the influence of history, culture, and politics on sustainability and technology. Her earlier work on urban water management appeared in Ensia. Other bylines include pieces in WIRED, the National Geographic, BBC Travel, and the Hidden Compass. In a previous life, she was training to be a molecular biologist. Follow her @YasaswiniSampat.
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Searching for the Sources of Water Scarcity
An anthropologist’s extensive study of water scarcity in Mumbai reveals how such crises are often driven less by nature’s limits and more by human choices.