Stories written by Neena Bhandari
Neena Bhandari is a Sydney-based foreign correspondent, writing for international news agencies IPS, SciDev.Net and other national and international publications.
Neena first began contributing to IPS in 1991 while based in New Delhi and was the main contributor from London between 1998 and 2000. Since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she has been reporting from Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Island countries.
She started her career with India's leading national daily, The Times of India, in 1985 and she has since worked in the United Kingdom and Australia, reporting on a range of issues from health and science, environment and development, trade and travel, to gender, human rights and indigenous issues. She has a master’s degree in political science and a bachelor’s degree in law, a diploma in environmental law, and a certificate in international humanitarian law from the Red Cross.
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If the vast expanse of the Thar desert in northwestern India were harnessed to produce solar energy, it could light-up five of Asia's most populated cities.
If the vast expanse of the Thar desert in northwestern India was harnessed to produce solar energy, it could light-up five of Asia's most populated cities.
If the vast expanse of the Thar desert in northwestern India was harnessed to produce solar energy, it could light-up five of Asia's most populated cities.
For the eight women from villages in the Indian state of Rajasthan, who went to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) in China last September, life will never be the same again.
For the eight women from villages in the Indian state of Rajasthan, who went to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) in China last September, life will never be the same again.
The forests are slowly growing back in India's oldest hill ranges, the denuded Aravalis, where villagers are helping green the bare hills and ensure their own survival.
The golden sands of the Thar desert, gleaming under a scorching midday sun, roll by the large picture window to provide a glimpse of the beautiful but unforgiving lands of west India.
The golden sands of the Thar desert, gleaming under a scorching midday sun, roll by the large picture window to provide a glimpse of the beautiful but unforgiving lands of west India.
While the world tries hard to stop poachers from wiping out tigers and elephants in the wild, the threat from collectors to butterflies -- a crucial link in the food chain -- has been ignored.
While the world tries hard to stop poachers from wiping out tigers and elephants in the wild, the threat from collectors to butterflies -- a crucial link in the food chain -- has been ignored.
While the world tries hard to stop poachers from wiping out tigers and elephants in the wild, the threat from collectors to butterflies -- a crucial link in the food chain -- has been ignored.
This internationally renowned tiger reserve, situated in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, is fast turning into one of the major frontlines in the planet- wide battle for survival between man and nature.
This internationally renowned Tiger Reserve, situated in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, is fast turning into one of the major frontlines in the planet- wide battle for survival between man and nature.
CHINESE AND INDIAN PRESSURE HAS CONFINED THE 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS OF THE DALAI LAMA HERE TO METAPHYSICAL DEBATES AND PRAYERS, BUT THE 130,000 TIBETAN EXILES STILL CONSIDER IT AN OCCASION TO REMEMBER THEIR HOMELAND.
CHINESE AND INDIAN PRESSURE HAS CONFINED THE 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS OF THE DALAI LAMA HERE TO METAPHYSICAL DEBATES AND PRAYERS, BUT THE 130,000 TIBETAN EXILES STILL CONSIDER IT AN OCCASION TO REMEMBER THEIR HOMELAND.
AS LITTLE AS A DECADE AGO, PEOPLE LIVING ALONG INDIA'S MIGHTY GANGES RIVER REMEMBER WATCHING ENTHRALLED AS HUNDREDS OF BLIND FRESHWATER DOLPHINS GAMBOLLED IN ITS DEPTHS.
AS THE FIRST RAYS OF THE SUN LIGHTEN THE EASTERN HORIZON IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS, VISITORS BEGIN TROOPING INTO THE KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK IN WESTERN INDIA TO VIEW SOME OF THE 369 SPECIES OF MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT BIRDS.