India’s farmer suicides: the women left behind
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
View the Brahmaputra as a living ecosystem
The India-China border row in Ladakh has eclipsed unresolved water-sharing issues along the Brahmaputra. But for any agreement to work, it must involve the people who depend on the waters
Why has water-rich Yunnan become a drought hotspot?
Calls by Yunnan officials to restrict water flows to other countries overlook the ecological and water quality factors behind south-west China’s drought
Pay us for our water, Kashmir tells New Delhi
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has hired an international consultant to quantify the losses suffered by the Himalayan state due to the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan
China’s geoengineering plans dismissed as “fantasy”
The authorities are increasing their cloud-seeding ambitions in response to drought, but many experts are sceptical about the benefits



