Laasya Shekhar
@plaasya
Special Correspondent @ The South First. Bylines: TNIE, Mongabay India, Citizen Matters, Newslaundry, Deccan Chronicle. Pluviophile. Fantasiser. Story teller.
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My recent article for The Federal dives into how myths about diet and going out can lead to postpartum depression for new moms. thefederal.com/category/the-e…
The People’s Biodiversity Register catalogs local flora, fauna, and traditional knowledge, but faces challenges such as verification issues, lack of awareness, and insufficient funding. ✒️ Laasya Shekhar india.mongabay.com/2024/07/explai…
🎶 Researchers are putting to use the combined power of bioacoustics and AI to observe and conserve species and ecosystems. ✍🏻 Story by Laasya Shekhar Read more: 👇🏻 go.nature.com/4eT0CSB #NatureIndia Seema Lokhandwala 🐘 V. V. Robin Zoological Survey of India
#HTAnalysis | As #Wayanad faces devastating landslides, it's time for #Kerala to reconsider its monoculture plantations. ✍🏻Laasya Shekhar #HTPremium hindustantimes.com/analysis/shoul…
Thank you Laasya Shekhar for taking our inputs for this story on translocation.. our efforts in saving over 2000 trees, which were marked and approved for felling by various Govts, has been one sided due to the lack of knowledge and a non existent intent to #SaveFullyGrownTrees by the
Increasing #Awareness for #conservation of #trees has necessitated the need to #transplant trees being felled for various reasons but there r many challenges associated with this which need an in-depth study. Read 👇report from Laasya Shekhar for Mongabay India india.mongabay.com/2024/08/explai…
Only 11 disabled parents adopted children between April 2022 to July 2024. During the same period, 866 people without disabilities adopted children in Tamil Nadu. Why doesn't India favour disabled couples? google.com/amp/s/www.hind… My story for Hindustan Times
Good one Laasya Shekhar. We see that differently abled as very good natural parents so why can they not be good to adoption? They r better parents, and children also grow to be good and understanding. Sensitising these deciding authorities to be non judgemental, of course thats what
#HTAnalysis | "The #Kerala government, which delayed the release of the #HemaCommittee report, has taken the first step towards addressing serious concerns by forming the SIT," writes Laasya Shekhar hindustantimes.com/analysis/sever… #HTPremium
अधिकांश भारतीय खाना बनाने के लिए बायोमास या तरलीकृत पेट्रोलियम गैस (एलपीजी) पर निर्भर हैं, जो भारत के उत्सर्जन बोझ को बढ़ा रहा है। सौर ऊर्जा से खाना पकाना एक बेहतर विकल्प हो सकता है। Laasya Shekhar hindi.mongabay.com/2024/09/05/fro…