Hills Archives

The Aravalli hills are shaken with the sound of machinery

January 3, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] In December 2025, to cope with the bitter cold in Haryana’s Nuh disrict, a group of young men tried to light a bonfire outside an Aadhaar service centre in Jimrawat village. Nuh is part of the Mewat region, which is characterised by the rugged Aravalli hills, agrarian plains, and rural landscapes. It was a … Read more

Adivasis brace for another long battle as mining fears loom over sacred Gandhamardhan Hills

November 2, 2025 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] There is an uneasy calm in Kuradiphasa village at the foothills of the Gandhamardhan Hills. “It is the calm before the storm,” says Himanjali Das, who belongs to the indigenous Kondh tribe. Wearing a t-shirt and trousers, a watch strapped to her wrist, the youth leader in her 20s leans on her steel-blue two-wheeler … Read more