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LEAD Fellow publishes an unprecedented chronicleof contemporary Delhi
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LEAD Fellow Bharati Chaturvedi has published a collection of diverse perspectives oncontemporary Delhi as it races to become a ‘world-class’ city. ‘Finding Delhi: Loss andRenewal in the Megacity’, published this week by Penguin, offers a “kaleidoscope view”of the city’s rapid transformation.
Chaturvedi has sourced voices from every level of Delhi society, from urban planners tomaids and fruit vendors. These voices speak of the concerns and conflicts arising fromthe megacity’s radical and sometimes haphazard scramble towards ‘world-classness’.Such issues, which range through public transport, gender, recycling, shopping malls andthe homeless, have recently fallen under the spotlight of the 2010 CommonwealthGames in New Delhi but are relevant to all developing urban spaces.
In praise of the book Sunita Nairan (Director, Centre for Science and Environment)writes, “Delhi is a mirror of the dreams we will dream for the cities of our future. Butwhose dream is it? And whose nightmare? …Read ‘Finding Delhi’ because you must knowhow you will negotiate your own present and future in this metropolis and others like it.”
The approach Chaturvedi has taken as editor is one that she has also implemented inher work as co-founder of the NGO Chintan. Chintan Environmental Research and ActionGroup engages a partnership between urban poor and educated elite working towards
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a sustainable city with the poor at the heart of decision-making.
Chaturvedi also writes on environment and development issues for the Hindustan Timesand blogs for the Huffington Post. In 2006 she became a LEAD Fellow.
The book is available for puchase at Amazon.
Release date: Friday, October 15, 2010
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LEAD Fellow wins award for science journalism
LEAD Fellow Pallava Bagla has been honoured with the prestigious David Perlman Award
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for Excellence in Science Journalism. He is the first Indian to win the award, which will bepresented in December 2010.
The Perlman Award recognises work written under pressure, with deadlines of one weekor less. It is given out annually by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the largestorganisation of earth and space scientists with over 58, 000 members worldwide.
Pallava Bagla was selected for his controversial work on the impact of climate change onHimalayan glaciers. In two articles, ‘No Sign of Himalayan Melt Down, Indian ReportFinds’ (published in SCIENCE) and ‘Himalayan Glacier Deadline “Wrong”’ (BBC News)Bagla exposed errors made by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) , which claimed that the disappearance of Himalayan glaciers was imminent. TheIPCC, which predicted the glaciers would vanish by 2035, ultimately admitted ‘regret’ forthe error.
The report of the Perlman Award selection committee praises Bagla for addressing ‘avery serious issue in the earth sciences. His articles serve as a reminder to journalists toquestion sources, to think harder about the agendas and ideas of those people aboutwhom they are reporting, and to stop the steamroller of opinions or ideas when thefacts just don't back them up.
‘Although Bagla's articles reveal embarrassing foibles of scientists, ultimately they alsoillustrate science's ability to self-correct.’
Bagla’s award-winning work as a writer and photojournalist has broken stories andbroadcast Indian science and technology to the world for 25 years. In 2004 he became aFellow of LEAD International.
Release date: Friday, September 17, 2010
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