Tag: India
Explaining ‘Rakshabandan’ – a Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
This year, Monday, August 7 marks one of the most important celebrations for Hindus throughout the world: Rakshabandhan,...
Why a ‘cashless’ society would hurt the poor: A lesson from...
Dana Kornberg, University of Michigan
India recently tried to reduce the use of cash in its economy by eliminating, overnight, two of its most widely...
To slow climate change, India joins the renewable energy revolution
Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan
On June 3, two days after President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
