Do the dams attenuate or amplify floods?
A case study on the Role of Dams on the River Periyar during the 2018 Kerala Floods Note: This analysis of the 2018 Kerala Floods, completed in September 2018 could…
Kerala Flood
Post Flood Kerala In The Age of Climate Change And Peak Oil
A month has passed since the mammoth Kerala floods. I’ve travelled through many flood affected areas and talked to many affected people. The loss is huge many of them are…
Kerala Floods Disaster: No Established Policy To Reject Foreign Aid
It is appropriate and necessary to scrutinize the response of the Central Government in a non-partisan and fearless manner as required in a democracy. When the 2001 Bhuj earthquake occurred,…
Indian diplomat stops IAPI cofounder from speaking at Malayali Samajam event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5p3cHe2VE&app=desktop The members of Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) walked out in protest from the Malayali Samajam event in Delta on Saturday, September 8 after its cofounder Gurpreet Singh…
Kerala Flood And Climate Change
On August 6 a team of climate scientists led by Will Steffen of Australian National University published a paper in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Science and…
In battling floods, Kerala is also forced to fight the hostility of the Indian government
The communist-ruled Indian state of Kerala, hit by the most severe rains and floods in nearly a century, has had to overcome not just nature’s fury but also the active…
Controlling a Crisis: The Kerala Model
Natural calamities such as floods, droughts, cyclones etc happens all over the world according to the severity in weather conditions. Every year the number of forcefully displaced population due to…
The flood in Aluva – A Glimpse
The water rose in our house to the first floor The water came suddenly from the river to where it had never come before as the dam had been unleashed…
Kerala Floods And The Marginalised
The floods in Kerala has wreaked havoc on the entire state and plunged the state into an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. With over 243 people dead since August 8,2018 , and…
‘Disaster Fascism’ Being Unfolded In Kerala
Naomi Klein coined the term 'Disaster Capitalism'. After the devastating flood of Kerala the fascist BJP and their parent organisation RSS are coining a new term, 'Disaster Fascism'. It's nothing…
It’s Procedurally And Morally Wrong To Block International Assistance To Kerala
It is procedurally and morally wrong for India government to block international assistance to Kerala from friendly countries and UN. This is a step that belies the faith of ordinary…
Kerala Flood Disaster: The Continuing Saga of Coastal States’ Insecurity
The flood disaster that struck the entire state of Kerala following the unprecedented monsoon has raised many questions of survival-in-crisis transcending the traditional paradigm of security. For many years, the…
Kerala Govt’s Public Financing plan shows way out of Liberal Austerity Politics of Narendra Modi’s BJP
The Kerala State Government is absolutely right to disregard FRBMA limits and raise its own funds for reconstruction. (1) We should further bring out how a new Government at the…
Kerala Floods: A Letter From Mother Earth
Dear All, I know this letter is a bit late, but I have always been a bit late in responding, as for eons I have tried to be the epitome…
Kerala Floods And Hindutva Divisive Politics
Kerala is under unprecedented crisis after massive monsoon rains hit the state compelling all the dams to open their gates resulting in one of the biggest humanitarian crisis after…
Management of livestock in Kerala’s flood
Natural calamities like flood cause severe loss of life and property. This loss of life not only includes loss of human but the loss of animal’s life also. Recently, Kerala…
Kerala Flood Disaster Is Not Natural But Man-made – Warning For India & World
The dreadful Kerala flood disaster (350 deaths and 1 million people displaced) is not a natural disaster – it is a man-made disaster involving local Indian contributions (inadequate water…
Kerala Floods, Disasters And Global Warming
Within a week we have suffered floods in France, Toronto, and now a record-breaking monsoon season in Kerala, India which has flooded or endangered 12 of its 14 regional areas. …
While Kerala Is Under Flood Waters The Right Wing Is Spewing Venom!
Kerala is reeling under the worst ever floods in its history. Since this is state that has a long sea coast and many rivers the unprecedented flooding has damaged the…
Why the Calamity in Kerala is a ‘National Disaster’?
The south Indian State of Kerala has been going through a calamity of unimaginable proportions following the unexpected turn in monsoon rains which played havoc with the state’s life and…
Kerala Flood Is Thousands Of Times The Magnitude Of Thai Cave Rescue! Yet Still….
When 12 boys and their coach were trapped in a Thailand cave, the international community rose up as one. Thai Navy Seal took up the lead in rescuing the kids.…
Kerala Floods: Whole World Must Wake Up To The Disaster
Kerala has seen the worst and devastating flood in it’s past 100 years. All the 14 districts have been affected by the heavy rain, flood and land slide. 3,14,391 people…
Kerala Faces Devastating Floods
The death toll brought on by floods, landslides and bridge collapses in India's monsoon-hit state of Kerala has jumped to 94. More than 1.5 lakh people are lodged in relief…
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