The Shillong Times

Editor, The Doomsday Clock, created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is not merely a symbolic timepiece, it is a stark moral gauge of humanitys proximity to self-destruction. Midnight represents global catastrophe. Every movement of its hands is a warning to the world. Today, at 85 seconds to midnight, we stand at []

By Erik de Maaker I first came to Garo Hills some twenty-five years ago, when I was a PhD student. I lived for two years in a village in West Garo Hills, witnessing the intricate knowledge which farmers have of the natural environment they depend on. It made me aware of the tactility required to []