Ashish Kothari
@ashishkothari.bsky.social
Environmental activist, writer, doodler, photographer, punster - in search of radical alternatives
Subcontinent with no nation-state boundaries, rivers flowing free, people & wildlife migrate without hindrance, & peace reigns? Here is one such vision @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @rightsofnature.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @arnazk.bsky.social @himalmag.bsky.social
🏵️Report Release🏵️
South Asia as a Subcontinent of Biocultural Regions: The View in 2100: vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/u...
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South Asia as a Subcontinent of Biocultural Regions: The View in 2100: vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/u...
Read more about South Asia Bioregionalism:
vikalpsangam.org/south-asia-b...
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Subcontinent with no nation-state boundaries, rivers flowing free, people & wildlife migrate without hindrance, & peace reigns? Here is one such vision @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @rightsofnature.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @arnazk.bsky.social @himalmag.bsky.social
The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice!
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice!
Amazing birding experience in the Brazilian Amazon, with Para Birding Tour couple: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTu... @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
Para Birding Tour - incredible birding experience in Brazilian Amazon!
YouTube video by Ashish Kothari
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November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Amazing birding experience in the Brazilian Amazon, with Para Birding Tour couple: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTu... @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
Trouble in Ladakh - historical, ecological, social, cultural, economic context, and what we can do to help it secure autonomy within Indian Constitution (in Hindi) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-e... @ladakh75.bsky.social @ladakh.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social
संस्कृती, पर्यावरण और आजीविका. लडाख आंदोलन और सोनम वांगचुक क्या सवाल उठा रहे है ।-आशिष कोठारी
YouTube video by डॉ.नरेंद्र दाभोलकर विवेक व्याख्यानमाला
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October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trouble in Ladakh - historical, ecological, social, cultural, economic context, and what we can do to help it secure autonomy within Indian Constitution (in Hindi) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-e... @ladakh75.bsky.social @ladakh.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social
Flowerfall - Diwali medley. Flowers of 8 species, incl. Parijatak/Harsingar (Coral jasmine), Moringa (Drumstick), Kachnar (Bauhinia), Akash mallige (Indian cork tree), Kaner (Yellow oleander), African tulip. Picked up from ground, 19.10.2025.
October 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Flowerfall - Diwali medley. Flowers of 8 species, incl. Parijatak/Harsingar (Coral jasmine), Moringa (Drumstick), Kachnar (Bauhinia), Akash mallige (Indian cork tree), Kaner (Yellow oleander), African tulip. Picked up from ground, 19.10.2025.
Reposted by Ashish Kothari
Food has a way of bringing us together, creating memories that last long after the meal is over. As we celebrate Food Day, we're grateful for all the delicious moments we've shared with our community. 🌟
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Food has a way of bringing us together, creating memories that last long after the meal is over. As we celebrate Food Day, we're grateful for all the delicious moments we've shared with our community. 🌟
Tomorrow (4 Oct), in Pune (India), come join! @ladakh75.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tomorrow (4 Oct), in Pune (India), come join! @ladakh75.bsky.social
In the midst of all the mayhem, the latest being depressing events in Ladakh, nature still provides calm and inspiration. Offerings from a tree outside my place in Pune, today. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @yuvanaves.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In the midst of all the mayhem, the latest being depressing events in Ladakh, nature still provides calm and inspiration. Offerings from a tree outside my place in Pune, today. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @yuvanaves.bsky.social
Who is to blame for violence in Ladakh? Movement leaders who've promoted & demonstrated peaceful means for 4 yrs, or govt that callously refuses to fulfil its own promises? scroll.in/article/1086...
@ladakh75.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
@ladakh75.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
Ladakh violence: How government inaction on its promises on autonomy has fuelled frustration
The Centre must act quickly to avoid further antagonising an already infuriated population.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Who is to blame for violence in Ladakh? Movement leaders who've promoted & demonstrated peaceful means for 4 yrs, or govt that callously refuses to fulfil its own promises? scroll.in/article/1086...
@ladakh75.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
@ladakh75.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
My first attempt at photo'ing the Milky Way. From Tsokar, Ladakh, 21.8.2025
August 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My first attempt at photo'ing the Milky Way. From Tsokar, Ladakh, 21.8.2025
World's Highest Court plugs for Climate- will it change things, without people's mobilisation? ashishkothari.in/wp-content/u... @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social @350.org @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @greenpeace.org
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August 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
World's Highest Court plugs for Climate- will it change things, without people's mobilisation? ashishkothari.in/wp-content/u... @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social @350.org @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @greenpeace.org
When I'm 64! (with apologies to the Beatles) ashishkothari51.blogspot.com/2025/08/when...
When I'm 64! (on eve of birthday)
When I’m 64 – To no-one in particular (with apologies to the Beatles) When I get older, losing my hair Just a few hours from now Will you ...
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August 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When I'm 64! (with apologies to the Beatles) ashishkothari51.blogspot.com/2025/08/when...
Weaving A Path to Ecological Justice, The Global Tapestry of Alternatives and the Rights of Nature Tribunals creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @rightsofnature.bsky.social #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #rightsofnature
Weaving A Path to Ecological Justice: The Global Tapestry of Alternatives and the Rights of Nature Tribunals by Conversations with Mother Nature · Conversaciones con la Madre Naturaleza
In this episode, recorded in 2022, we explore the intersection of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives and the Rights of Nature Tribunals. Ashish Kothari, an Indian environmentalist, and Francesco Mart...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Weaving A Path to Ecological Justice, The Global Tapestry of Alternatives and the Rights of Nature Tribunals creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @rightsofnature.bsky.social #ecologicaljustice #climatejustice #rightsofnature
This is Lula's last chance to protect nature and climate: action.eko.org/a/lula-s-las...
Lula: Protect nature and climate
When Lula took office, he promised zero deforestation in the Amazon and zero greenhouse gas emissions.Yet he’s caved into lobbying from oil companies, opening up the Amazon basin for drilling and allo
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July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is Lula's last chance to protect nature and climate: action.eko.org/a/lula-s-las...
Churning the Earth (2024) Full Documentary www.filmsforaction.org/watch/churni... @vikalpsangam.bsky.social
Churning the Earth (2024) Full Documentary
44 minutes | In the face of widespread ecological destruction, social injustice, economic deprivation, there are powerful countercurrents. 'Ordinary' people in several parts of India are resisting the...
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July 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Churning the Earth (2024) Full Documentary www.filmsforaction.org/watch/churni... @vikalpsangam.bsky.social
Film Screening: Vikalp Sangam- A Confluence of Alternatives. 20 July, 5 pm IST, Pune (in person, no online). 2014-on, bringing together initiatives meeting human needs that ensure ecological sustainability & social equity.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Film Screening: Vikalp Sangam- A Confluence of Alternatives. 20 July, 5 pm IST, Pune (in person, no online). 2014-on, bringing together initiatives meeting human needs that ensure ecological sustainability & social equity.
@vikalpsangam.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @arnazk.bsky.social
@vikalpsangam.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @arnazk.bsky.social
Mahatma Gandhi visits Abdullah Ocalan - dialogue on peace, non-violence, and self-governance, in the wake of dissolution and laying down of arms by Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) - www.meer.com/en/94916-gan... @rojava.bsky.social @kurdi.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social
Gandhi visits Öcalan again
A dialogue on peace, non-violence, and self-governance
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July 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mahatma Gandhi visits Abdullah Ocalan - dialogue on peace, non-violence, and self-governance, in the wake of dissolution and laying down of arms by Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) - www.meer.com/en/94916-gan... @rojava.bsky.social @kurdi.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social @amitav.bsky.social
World of Reptiles and Amphibians. 6th and latest in my 'World of ...' series of doodles. You can find the other 5 (along with many other doodles) at www.behance.net/ashishkothar...
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
World of Reptiles and Amphibians. 6th and latest in my 'World of ...' series of doodles. You can find the other 5 (along with many other doodles) at www.behance.net/ashishkothar...
River Parliament: A Sacred Confluence Speaks Out - a meeting of South Asian rivers, sharing plight, strategising how to be free - darknlight.com/projects/sho... @robmacfarlane16.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
The River Parliament: A Sacred Confluence Speaks Out - Dark 'n' Light
Ashish Kothari shares his report from a unique gathering, the first in recent history, a meeting of South Asia’s rivers. This short story explores the trials and tribulations of the rivers, shedding l...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
River Parliament: A Sacred Confluence Speaks Out - a meeting of South Asian rivers, sharing plight, strategising how to be free - darknlight.com/projects/sho... @robmacfarlane16.bsky.social @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social
Flowerfall. Collected from the ground, on this morning's walk around my colony in Pune, India.
June 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Flowerfall. Collected from the ground, on this morning's walk around my colony in Pune, India.
Importance of indigenous knowledge, collective action, and sustainable conservation as alternatives to mainstream development models. Interview, in English, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati - idronline.org/article/envi...
June 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Importance of indigenous knowledge, collective action, and sustainable conservation as alternatives to mainstream development models. Interview, in English, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati - idronline.org/article/envi...
TODAY! HOY! Communities across world assert radical democracy, challenging liberal 'democracy', authoritarianism, & ecological destruction. Launch of their Declaration.
Presentacion de la Declaracion de Democracia Radical y Autonomía
June 10, 1 pm GMT
Registration :
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Presentacion de la Declaracion de Democracia Radical y Autonomía
June 10, 1 pm GMT
Registration :
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June 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
TODAY! HOY! Communities across world assert radical democracy, challenging liberal 'democracy', authoritarianism, & ecological destruction. Launch of their Declaration.
Presentacion de la Declaracion de Democracia Radical y Autonomía
June 10, 1 pm GMT
Registration :
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Presentacion de la Declaracion de Democracia Radical y Autonomía
June 10, 1 pm GMT
Registration :
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Arbitrary actions by communal forces in India, encouraged by right-wingers in govt, are getting more and more ridiculous and tragic! scroll.in/latest/10824...
Full text: ‘A good citizen and true patriot’, say 1,000 scholars in defence of Ashoka professor
Ali Khan Mahmudabad was arrested based on a BJP Yuva Morcha leader’s complaint on his Facebook posts on Operation Sindoor.
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May 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Arbitrary actions by communal forces in India, encouraged by right-wingers in govt, are getting more and more ridiculous and tragic! scroll.in/latest/10824...
The lovely Lamayuru monastery, Ladakh, early May 2025.
May 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The lovely Lamayuru monastery, Ladakh, early May 2025.
On traditional governance, maintenance of religious harmony, and more, in Ladakh (India) - 3 interviews in Hindi with village headmen ashishkothari.in/traditional-...
Traditional governance and religious harmony in Ladakh: 3 interviews
Interviews conducted in Ladakh, Apr-May 2025
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May 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
On traditional governance, maintenance of religious harmony, and more, in Ladakh (India) - 3 interviews in Hindi with village headmen ashishkothari.in/traditional-...