Jay Mazoomdaar
Jay Mazoomdaar

Jay Mazoomdaar is an independent journalist who writes extensively for publications in India and abroad. His investigative reports have influenced national policy making and brought a modicum of accountability and transparency in the functioning of different government agencies. During 1995-2007, Mazoomdaar has worked with Amrita Bazar Patrika, Sunday Observer, The Indian Express and NDTV. Now, as an independent journalist, he continues to pursue the issues close to his heart.

Articles By Jay Mazoomdaar
Karnataka sets an example

In a first, state scraps under-construction mini hydel projects for violating green laws  

The real gap between two Western Ghats

Making even half of these forests out of bounds for development seems a good deal  

Science trumps politics

Lions may or may not thrive in Kuno, but it is their only chance for a secure...  

When the state squats inside a national park

Seven years after an SC ban, a PSU holds on to closed mining sites inside Kudremukh  

A bitter IPL in Maharashtra

The call for shifting matches is as bizarre as the state’s water distribution practice  

Beyond the sugarcane fields

A landmark study on reducing man-leopard conflict misses the conservation point  

Bending green norms will not resolve our energy or growth crisis

We should optimally use what we have ripped open before rushing to mine the next forest.  

2013 in the Indian wild

A red alert from the ministry, a damning report at Bangkok and our killing fields  

Bleeding the Chambal Dry

Reckless water hoarding, diversion, sand mining and fishing are killing a pristine river that once used to...  

300,000 dead turtles, 3 decades of carnage

Neither goodwill nor laws help Odisha stop trawlers from ravaging the Olive Ridleys  

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