Economy on the landscape

In your geography class, you may have studied about the three types of economic activity: primary (extractive activities such as mining, fishing, agriculture), secondary (manufacturing), and tertiary (services).

When mythology meets geography

Mid-2000s.

One of my 8th standard students, Pashmina, rode the same bus. One day she was reading a book about goddesses in different mythologies — an unusual topic for someone her age. We got talking about this. She was clearly very passionate about…

Solid ground?

In the Arctic region, beyond 66½˚ N latitude, the ground is in a generally frozen condition for most of the year. Ice and snow are the normal landscapes. Even in the warm season, liquid water available is very shallow. Under this, the land remains shallow. Add to these the high-speed winds. Trees cannot…

Geographical Rights = Human Rights

Watch the footpaths in your city. If you are in Bangalore, you will very likely ask, “What footpath?” And you would be quite right to do so. Over the past two decades or so, our cities have rapidly become hostile to pedestrians (from Latin pedester, on foot).