Books, Articles & Popular Writings

Books

1. Neither Water Nor Governance - Water Mismanagement in the Narmada Basin
2. Marxist Leninist Programme of Democracy with Equity & Sustainablity

Articles

These are some of my articles and writings in various magazines, portals and blogs.

1. Our Food is in Jeopardy, Montreal Serai, Toronto, 2022
2. Decentralised Urban Water Management in Chhattisgarh, National Insitute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, 2022
3. Non-implementation of PESA Provisions in Madhya Pradesh in Yatindra Singh Sisodia and Tapas Kumar Dalapati (eds), Social Inclusion of Marginalised in India: State Policies and Challenges Rawat Publications, Delhi 2021
4. Agricultural Reform Rhetoric or Unbridled Capitalist Accumulation, South Asia Network of Dams, Rivers and People, December 11th, 2020
5. Wastewater Management in Jaipur: A City Level Sanitation Study, National Institute of Urban Affairs, Delhi, 2019
6. Sustainability of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Dryland Areas – A Study of Indore City, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 54 No 14, 2019
7. Solving the Energy Conundrum, India Water Portal, September 30, 2019
8. The Need for Survival Edge Technology, India Water Portal, July 02, 2019
9. Solar Pumps Solve Irrigation Trouble, India Water Portal, March 19, 2019
10. Kerala Floods and After, India Water Portal, September 27, 2018,
11. Urban Wastewater Management in Madhya Pradesh: A City Level Sanitation Study (Jabalpur, Rewa, Sheopur), National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, 2018.
12. Mapping the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 with the Legal and Policy Framework in India, Poorest Area Civil Society Programme (PACS) and Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, 2016.
13. Ujjain City Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Situational Analysis Report, IndiaWaterPortal
14. Impacting Development Thought and Practice through Bhili Cultural Rejuvenation in S.N. Chaudhary edited Social Movements in Tribal India, pp 202–15, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2015.
15. What it Takes to Clean India, India Water Portal
16. The Bhil Tribals' Search for Justice in Y. S. Sisodia & T.K. Dalapati edited Development and Discontent in Tribal India, pp 129–143, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2015.
17. Unrealised Democratic Potential, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 50 No 4, 2015
18. Reproductive Health Status of Bhil Women in an Urban Setting, in S.N. Chaudhary ed., Tribal Women: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, pp 102–116, Rawat Publications, New Delhi, 2015
19. Impacting Development Thought and Practice through Bhili Cultural Rejuvenation, e-Vani, Vol 10, Oct-Nov 2014.
20. Actualising Adivasi Self Rule – The Only Panacea, Yojana, Vol 58 No 1, 2014
21. What Ails Panchayati Raj, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 48 No 30, 2013
22. Trouble in Tribal Lands, Wall Street Journal, New York, 23 October 2009
23. Addressing Equity Issues in Watershed Development Projects in Bhil Adivasi Areas in Western Madhya Pradesh, in Dutta, B, Ray, T and Somanathan, E ed New and Enduring Themes in Development Economics, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, 2009.
24. Reproductive Health of Poor Urban Women in Indore, in Sujit Paul ed. Poverty, Health and Development, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 2009.
25. Secularism and Nationalism in the Time of Farmer Suicides, Social Action, Vol. 59 No.2, 2009.
26. Recovering the Lost Tongue: The Saga of Environmental Struggles in Central India, Prachee Publications, Hyderabad, 2008.
27. The Decline and Fall of the Bhil Adivasi Homeland: A Tale of Two Worlds, The India Economy Review, Vol 5 30 September 2008.
28. Reconciling Displacement and Rehabilitation, Social Action, Vol. 58 No. 3 July–September, 2008.
29. Water Supply, Stormwater and Wastewater Management in Urban Agglomerations in Dryland Areas: Case Study of Indore City in Madhya Pradesh, Water Moves, Vol.1 Issue 2 May 2008.
30. Status of Informal Rural Financial Markets in Adivasi Dominated Regions of Western Madhya Pradesh, Working Paper No. 2, Department of Economic Analysis and Research, NABARD, Mumbai, 2003.
31. Schooling of Tribals in Madhya Pradesh: Problems and Prospects, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration Vol. XV No. 1, 2001.
32. The Bottle that does not Cheer: Bhil Women’s Fight Against Male Oppression and Alcoholism, Manushi 113, 1999.
33. Return of the Native Seeds, The Ecologist, London, 28:1, 1998.
34. Reasserting Ecological Ethics, Economic and Political Weekly 32:3, 1997
35. Creating a New Demonology, Seminar 443, July, 1996.
36. The Unsilenced Valley, Down To Earth (DTE), 15 June 1996.
37. Learning To Know Differently: Usefulness of Primary Data, Radical Journal of Health, Mumbai, 2:4, 1996.
38. Whither Voluntarism, Seminar 431,New Delhi, 1995.
39. Windowdressing Forestry, DTE, 15 June 1995
40. Behind The Smiles, The Hindu Business Line, Delhi, 3 August 1998.
41. Planting Discord, The Economic Times, 13 November 1994.
42. A Living Hell, Hindustan Times, Delhi, 31 July 1994.
43. Mathwad Tribals up in Arms, Free Press, Indore, 3 March 1991

Popular Writings

1. Tribal Women in India Fight Liquor Demons, One World South Asia, 29th May, 2009
2. The Bhils : A People Under Threat, Humanscape, September, 2001.
3. There is no such thing as Instant Revolution, Humanscape, Jan, 2000.
4. Bhil Women: A Struggle Against All Odds, The Free Press Journal, Mumbai, July 29th, 1999.
5. The Village Schoolmaster’s Dream, Humanscape, September, 1998.
6. Behind The Smiles, The Hindu Business Line, Delhi, August 3rd, 1998.
7. Target Free but not Oppression Free, Free Press, Indore, 24th March, 1997.
8. Shades of Blunder, Humanscape, Mumbai, August, 1996.
9. Planting Discord, The Economic Times, 13th November, 1994.
10. A Living Hell, Hindustan Times, Delhi, 31st July, 1994.
11. Mathwad Tribals up in Arms, Free Press, Indore, 3rd March, 1991.