This series, which took two months of work, is a part of a larger set where @carboncopyinfo and I have been trying to create an updated snapshot of India’s energy sector. So far, we have looked at changing geopolitics of oil/gas, and the factors enabling/disabling Gas, and Coal. In the daily hubbub — not to mention distractions like once in a century pandemics — we miss a clutch of deeper developments (and patterns of government decision-making). Energy is foundational to any society/nation. And so, here we go. For a complete list of all the articles, go here.
I am an Indian journalist with interests in energy, environment, climate and India’s ongoing slide into right-wing authoritarianism. My book, Despite the State, an examination of pervasive state failure and democratic decay in India, was published by Westland Publications, India, in January 2021. My work has won the Bala Kailasam Memorial Award; the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award; five Shriram Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism; and, more recently, been a finalist at the True Story Award and GIJN’s Global Shining Light Awards. Write to me at despitethestate@protonmail.com.
“Westland closure: Titles that are selling fast and a few personal recommendations,” by Chetana Divya Vasudev, Moneycontrol. (Because this happened too. In February, a year after DtS was released, Amazon decided to shutter Westland, which published the book. The announcement saw folks rushing to buy copies of Westland books before stocks run out.)
Fractured/Earth 
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