PAMELA MALHOTRA, 67
FORESTER AND CO-FOUNDER OF SAI SANCTUARY, KODAGU DISTRICT, INDIA
In 1991, Pamela Malhotra and her husband AK Malhotra acquired 55 acres of land in the South Kodagu district of Karnataka to set up the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary, one of India’s first private reserves. Now, spread over 300 acres, it is teeming with flora, fauna and endangered species like the Malabar giant squirrel, king cobra, and the Bengal tiger. She has now created a multipronged strategy that has, at its core, an ecosystems services programme, where instead of paying the locals cash, they barter services that provide them with training in organic farming, supply them with honeybee boxes and promote native tree nurseries. “Organic farming makes more economic sense and it’s better for the soil, for water conservation and for promoting native trees,” she explains. “The bee boxes prevent crop-raiding by animals, especially elephants, who are terrified of bees, ultimately preventing man-animal conflict while providing an income from honey and pollinators for crops. By raising saplings of local trees, they can sell them to the forest department, government, individual landholders and businesses, who can then plant them to bring back denuded forests.” It’s a chain of interconnected activities. – Shalini Shah
SUNITA NARAIN, 58
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT (CSE) AND EDITOR OF DOWN TO EARTH, DELHI, INDIA
Esta historia es de la edición January 2020 de VOGUE India.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor ? Conectar
Esta historia es de la edición January 2020 de VOGUE India.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor? Conectar
HEART AT WORK
London is a stomping ground for many South Asian creatives. AKANKSHA KAMATH meets an artist, an author-stylist and the duo behind a first-of-its-kind label on Savile Row to see what their work desks reveal about their unique expression
TSUNAINA
Otherworldly and bewitching are two words associated with the multi-hyphenate model. But who is the person behind the sculptured mask?
Viscountess of Hearts
She was catapulted into the stratosphere as Bridgerton's leading lady in 2022, but Simone Ashley is quite enjoying the descent as the spotlight shifts to a new couple this season. Speaking with Grammy Award nominee and fellow South Asian artiste Anoushka Shankar, she reflects on navigating fame, where she's headed next and if her path will lead her to India
Waning and waxing
The terror of inherited trauma always made SHYAMA LAXMAN keep her mother at arm's length. Now, with both of them older and wiser, there's a new dynamic to their relationship
Three's company
For as long as she can remember, SADAF SHAIKH has only ever hung out with her friends in groups, rarely one-on-one. Finally, she enlists help to excavate her passive pal origin story
Welcome to paradise
In the heart of the Mediterranean, a sisterhood gathers to pray, paint watercolours and pursue peace through spiritualism. MEDINA TREVATHAN reflects on the heaven to be found within The Women Sanctuary
The long game
Tamannaah Bhatia knows exactly what her skin needs-simple rituals, serums and stress-free days.
Current affairs
Can you plug into better skin with microcurrent therapy?
Ice me out
Torture method or genius life hack? NIDHI GUPTA investigates whether ice baths are really as cool as they're cracked up to be
She's got the look
Pop on a Punjabi song, fill a bowl with ice and get ready to immerse yourself in Kriti Sanon's skincare universe