• Sunday, 3rd May 2026

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Jaideep Hardikar

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Jaideep Hardikar

Resource Conflicts

A fateful triangle: tigers, humans and development

The summer of 2025 has ended, and Chandrapur district in Maharashtra counted fresh human casualties in tiger attacks, signalling the…
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‘Ask us what we need and want’

In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, iron-ore mines in forested areas have destroyed the habitats and culture of the tribal population. For…
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Dukkarwale mama is a man in a hurry!

Vitthal Badkhal is a godsend for farmers in and around Chandrapur district and the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. ‘Dukkarwale mama’…
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Chandrapur’s cultivators: farming in fear

Wild animals are attacking people working on land near forest, causing grievous injuries and even fatalities. This comes after price…
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In Kholdoda: a night watch on a machan

For farmers living in and around the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, nightly vigils for their crops are critical and routine….
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It’s a new kind of drought

Vidarbha’s farmers reeling under drought and financial stress now have a new worry – raids and killings by wild animals…
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‘Where will the tigers go?’

Tiger landscapes in Vidarbha are shrinking, largely due to infrastructure projects, while the tiger population is growing. So the animals…
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Tigress T1’s trail of attacks and terror

Before the tigress was shot dead on November 2, T1 killed at least 13 people over two years in Yavatmal….
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When I see him back home, I thank the tiger

Though Shankar Atram, a terrified cattle herder in Yavatmal, fashioned a near-comical flimsy ‘body armour’ against the recently-killed T1, for…
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Jaideep Hardikar

Jaideep Hardikar is a senior journalist and PARI Roving Reporter, based in Nagpur. He is author of Ramrao: The story of India’s farm crisis.

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A curated gallery of books authored by Jaideep Hardikar, with covers, concise blurbs, critical reviews, and purchase links.

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